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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1XQ
Received 20 Dec 2010St Felix MIddle School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7BE
Received 21 Oct 2015Forest Primary School, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0FP
Received 8 Apr 2013Social Care Area Office, Cross Street, Eye, Suffolk
Received 18 Jul 2005Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 23 Dec 2009Ticehurst Gravels, Maltsters-, Tostock, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk -
Received 5 Dec 2017East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 10 Jul 2025Bacton Primary School, Tailors Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4LL
Received 12 Jan 2000Bury St Edmunds Household Waste Recycling Centre, Rougham Hill, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2RW
Received 17 Nov 2003Lowestoft Central Station, Station Square/Denmark Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EQ
Received 2 Nov 2012Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 19 Apr 2016West Row Primary School, Beeches Road, West Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8NY
Received 17 Nov 2016St Pancras Primary School, Stratford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Aug 2002Dale Hall Primary School, Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4LX
Received 20 Apr 2011Ixworth Middle School, Walsham Road
Received 13 Mar 2009Bolton Bros Ltd, Waste Transfer Station, Claydon Business Park, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0SL.
Received 21 Apr 2023St Margaret's Primary School, Bolton Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2BT
Received 8 Feb 2015Orford Primary School, School Lane, Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 3 Dec 2014Kesgrave Cycleway, Dobbs Lane
Received 3 Sept 2000Barnham Primary School, Euston Road, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk
Received 5 Nov 1999Wells Hall Primary School, Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 21 Jun 2004Eriswell Sewage Treatment Works, Land off B1112 Eriswell Suffolk
Received 15 Nov 2010Abbots Hall Primary School, Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 1 Apr 2015Benhall Primary School, School Lane, Benhall, Suffolk, IP17 1HE
Received 9 Nov 2015Records 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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