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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 28 Apr 2009Chestnut House, The Vinefields, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 3 Nov 2008Holton St. Peter Primary School, Bungay Road, Holton, IP19 8PL
Received 8 Mar 2013North Farm, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PF
Received 19 Jul 2018St Joseph's Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6JP
Received 22 Jul 2011Temple Bridge, Parishes of Icklingham & Tuddenham
Received 10 Sept 2007The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich, IP2 9ER
Received 29 Apr 2016Clare Fire Station, Station Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 14 Nov 2017The Oaks Children Centre, Grange Primary School, Grange Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 15 Apr 2008Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks, Brickworks lane, Gisleham, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 20 Nov 2015St Peter And St Paul Academy Primary School, Church Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BD
Received 9 Aug 2000Earlybirds Preschool at Ravensmere Primary School, St Benedict's Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9DE
Received 7 Sept 2010Wangford Quarry Hill Road Wangford Suffolk NR34 8AR
Received 3 Jan 2024St Helen's Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2LT
Received 27 Jun 2007Great Blakenham Waste Transfer Station, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 8 Sept 2015Holbrook High School, Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Dec 2007Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 10 Mar 2001Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks Off Church Road Gisleham Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 8DS
Received 14 Feb 2019Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 23 Apr 2001Copdock Primary School, School Hill, Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 May 2007Maltings Farm, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 1 Sept 2011Thomas Wolsey Academy, Defoe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6SG
Received 28 Jan 2011The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich
Received 30 Jun 2016Bacton Middle School, Wyverstone Road, Bacton, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 12 Jul 2005Records 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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