Understanding planning · 13 min read
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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 14 Feb 2013Sidegate Primary School Sidegate Lane Ipswich IP4 4JD
Received 11 Nov 2021Beyton Middle School, Drinkstone Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 28 Mar 2007Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 4 Jul 201225 Church Lane (former Carlton Colville Primary School), Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8AY
Received 8 Apr 2016Gunton Primary Academy, Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4LX
Received 26 May 2010Gorseland Primary School, Deben Avenue, Martlesham
Received 2 Sept 2010Gazeley Rail Depot, Higham, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7QT
Received 4 Mar 2025Thurleston High School, Defoe Road, Ipswich
Received 6 Jul 2001Great Waldingfield Primary, Badleys Close, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0RR
Received 29 Sept 2017Bramford to Twinstead
Received 2 Apr 2026Priory Heath Primary School, Lindbergh Road
Received 29 Nov 1999East Ipswich Waste Transfer Centre Lytham Road Ipswich
Received 12 Mar 2020Foxhall Waste Transfer Station, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 4 May 2007East Bergholt Primary School, School Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 21 May 2002Sextons Manor Community Primary, Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG
Received 24 Jul 2015Masons Materials Recycling Facility Bramford Road Great Blakenham Ipswich IP6 0LW
Received 10 Nov 2025Footbridge over River Glem, Essex
Received 22 Sept 2008School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 2 Feb 2017Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham
Received 18 Nov 2005Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 14 Oct 2014Deben High Scool, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 3 Nov 2003Samuel Ward Upper School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 29 Jul 2009Elm Tree Primary School, Ranworth Avenue, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9HN
Received 12 Jul 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage