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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Coupals Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 12 Mar 2010Portman Walk Household Waste Recycling Centre, Portman Walk, Ipswich, IP1 2DW
Received 29 Jul 2005Wangford Landfill Site, Mardle Road, Wangford, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 15 Jan 2010Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 23 Jan 2017Biffa Waste Services, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 Dec 2002Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 27 Apr 2006Crowfoot Primary School, Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 11 Jun 2010Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 13 Jul 2005Carlton ColvilleFormer Primary School, 25, Church Lane, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8AY
Received 31 May 2005Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 31 May 20171 Strasbourg Square, 1, Strasbourg Square
Received 8 Jan 2001Capel St Mary Primary School, The Street, Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 Aug 2009Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PY
Received 3 Feb 2015127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 15 Jun 2011Stradbroke CEVC Academy Primary School, Queen Street, Stradbroke, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5HH
Received 17 Dec 2001Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 17 Jan 2003Ipswich Academy, Brazier's Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 15 Oct 2012Bentley Primary School, The Street, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Jul 2007Great Welnetham Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 7 Dec 2000Bungay Primary School, Wingfield Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA
Received 7 Dec 2010West Bank Terminal, Ipswich Port, ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8LY
Received 18 Oct 2013The Beccles Centre, Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQ
Received 2 Sept 2008Springfield Junior School, Kitchener Road, Ipswich, IP14DT
Received 17 May 2011Moreton Hall Secondary School, Land adjacent to Lady Miriam Way, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Jul 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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