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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wickhambrook Primary School, Thorns Corner, Wickhambrook, CB8 8XN
Received 6 Apr 2009Hartest Primary School, The Row, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4DL
Received 17 Feb 2006Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks, Off Church Road, Gisleham, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8DS
Received 1 Jun 2015Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 25 Feb 2014Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 16 Jun 1999Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 30 Jun 2010Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BL
Received 4 Mar 2009Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 5 Aug 2020lackford landfill, A1101, Lackford, Suffolk, IP28 6HN
Received 6 Jul 2012Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane
Received 24 Jun 2003Bramford Landfill Site, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford, Suffolk, IP8 4DE
Received 19 May 2015Land North of, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 11 Oct 2010Land at Hall Farm Meadow, Stradbroke Road, Horham
Received 4 Oct 2010Beccles Middle School, Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQ
Received 1 Apr 2008Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 13 May 2010Land adjacent to Cavendish Hall, Church Road, Thurston, Suffolk
Received 25 Feb 2010Lowestoft Registrar'S Office, Gordon Road
Received 18 Oct 2002Hillside Primary School, Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, IP2 8NU
Received 24 Feb 2014Stoke by Nayland Primary School, School Street, Stoke by Nayland, CO6 4QY
Received 15 Nov 2010Aldeburgh Primary School, Park Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5EU
Received 12 Oct 2011Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 5 Sept 2005Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 22 Jun 2015Gislingham C E Primary School, Broadfields Road, Gislingham, IP23 8HX
Received 4 Jan 2011Norton Primary School, School Close, Norton, IP31 3LZ
Received 22 Oct 2013Records 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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