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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Forest Academy, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0FP
Received 13 Apr 2016Risby Cevc Primary School, Aylmer Close, Risby, Suffolk, IP28 6RT
Received 15 Jul 2015Clare Park Centre, Clare Castle Country Park, Malting Lane, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8NW
Received 27 Jan 2014Bosmere Primary School Quinton Road Needham Market Ipswich IP6 8BP
Received 3 Jan 2019SOMERLEYTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE STREET, SOMERLEYTON, NR32 5PT
Received 17 Nov 2010Occold Academy Primary School, The Street, Occold, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7PL
Received 4 Jun 2007Worlingham Primary School, Rectory Lane, Worlingham
Received 23 Dec 2005Meadow View Farm, Earl Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 21 Jul 2005Springfield Infant & Nursery School, 11, Wesley Way, Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4PP
Received 16 May 2014Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station
Received 28 Sept 2022The Cottage St James South Elham Halesworth IP19 0HL
Received 17 May 2021Ranelagh Primary School, St Paul'S Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 22 Mar 2000Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 12 Jul 1999Meadow View Farm, Earl Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 8 Jul 2014Viridor Landfill Site Bramford Road Great Blakenham Suffolk Ipswich IP6 0JX
Received 19 Oct 2020Red Lodge Primary School (The Pines), Kings Warren Business Park, Manor Wood, Red Lodge, IP28 8WG
Received 17 Oct 2016Mildenhall College of Technology, Bury Road, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7HT
Received 14 Nov 2008Oulton Broad Primary School Christmas Lane Lowestoft NR32 3JX
Received 11 Jan 2022Orwell High School, Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9EF
Received 31 Oct 2011The Kingsfield Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Received 18 Jun 2009Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk., NR33 7DS
Received 26 Nov 2012Layham Quarry, Rands Road, Layham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Mar 2013Cedars Park Community Primary School, Pintail Road, Cedars Park, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5FP
Received 4 Jul 2012Lackford Landfill Site, Lackford
Received 4 May 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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