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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Cangle Primary School, Chapple Drive, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0DU
Received 17 Feb 2011Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 6XH
Received 30 Oct 2012Chalkstone Middle School, Millfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 11 Aug 2002Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 1 Dec 2001Shire Hall, Raingate Street
Received 7 Aug 2003Orford Primary School, School Lane, Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 21 Jun 2007Rushmere Hall Primary School, 20, Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ
Received 23 Jun 2014Samuel Ward Upper School & Technical College, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill
Received 2 Jul 2010Earl Soham Primary School, The Street, Earl Soham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
Received 16 May 2001Suffolk New Academy, Mallard Way, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LR
Received 23 Jan 2004Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 Jan 2012Abbots Hall CP School, Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QF
Received 15 Sept 2014Lavenham Library, Market Place
Received 28 Feb 2003Foxhall Landfill Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 10 Mar 2016Martlesham Primary School / Rhymes Nursery, Black Tiles Lane, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4SS
Received 4 Aug 2015Halesworth Middle School, Bungay Road, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8PY
Received 21 Aug 2000Boxford Sunflower Playgroup, The Pavilion, Homefield, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5PB
Received 1 Apr 2009Pipers House, 11, Bluestem Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RR
Received 4 Mar 2009Great Heath Primary School, Girton Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7PT
Received 8 Jan 2016Grove Primary School Academy, Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8RQ
Received 5 Oct 2004Children Resource Centre, 10, Grange Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9NR
Received 6 Dec 2010All Saints Primary School, Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Received 14 Nov 2013Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 20 Apr 2015Clare Fire Station, Station Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 13 Nov 2006Records 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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