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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Suffolk County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 May 1999 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Beccles Middle School, Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQ
Received 13 Jul 2009Crawfords Academy CEVC Primary School, Green Road, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QZ
Received 8 Jul 2009Elizabeth House 10 Grange Road Beccles NR34 9NR
Received 10 Mar 2025Deben High Scool, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 3 Nov 2003St Felix Primary School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 27 Apr 2007Roman Hill Primary School, Love Road
Received 31 Jan 2001Vale Farm, Cemetery Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, CO7 6SA
Received 17 Apr 2013Biffa Waste Services, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 3 Apr 2014Ford House (Guildhall Feoffment pre-school & nursery) Shirehall Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2BA
Received 1 Sept 2023Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 12 Oct 2016Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 6XH
Received 7 Jul 2011Wood Ley Primary School, Lowry Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1UF
Received 23 May 2006St Benedict's Upper School Beetons Way Bury St. Edmunds IP32 6RH
Received 7 Mar 2019East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 19 Nov 2025Pitfield, Butchers Road, Kelsale cum Carlton, IP17 2PG.
Received 14 Jul 2025Castle Hill Community Centre, Highfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6DG
Received 4 May 2016Beccles Southern Relief Road Between A145 London Road and, B1127 Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 27 Oct 2016Kedington Academy Primary School, Church Walk, Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 5 Dec 2007Brundon Lane Landfill Site, Brundon Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 19 Jan 2006Stradbroke Road Fire Station, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 20 Aug 2007Barnby & North Cove Primary School, Beccles Road, Barnby, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7QB
Received 21 Sept 2016Ashley Downs Special School, Ashley Downs, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4EU
Received 27 Apr 2011Pakefield Primary School, 82, London Road, Pakefield, NR33 7AQ
Received 7 Aug 2012A & S Topsoils Ltd, Land off Wildmere Lane, Holywell Row, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8LT
Received 8 Dec 2009Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Suffolk County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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