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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Crawfords Academy CEVC Primary School, Green Road, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QZ
Received 6 Sept 2005Thomas Wolsey Special School, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 3 Apr 2003Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 6 Nov 2001Charsfield Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 25 Mar 200460 Sherbourne Road, 60, Sherbourne Road
Received 20 Feb 2004Felixstowe Library, Crescent Road
Received 18 Mar 2005St Louis Primary School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA
Received 31 Aug 2012Haverhill Waste Transfer Station, Homefield Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 16 Dec 2004Deben High School, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 14 Mar 2013Hadleigh Business Centre Hadleigh Building Supplies, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Jul 2003Foxhall Waste Transfer Station, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 1 Feb 2006Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JX
Received 25 Jul 2008Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 26 Aug 2009Sudbury Upper School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NW
Received 18 Oct 1999Land off Station Road (New Primary School) Lakenheath IP27 9JE
Received 26 Jun 2026Carlton ColvilleFormer Primary School, 25, Church Lane, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8AY
Received 12 Mar 2010St John's Primary School, Victory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4LE
Received 22 Dec 2009Gisleham Brick & Pipe Works, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 May 2002Ixworth Library, High Street
Received 2 May 2004Beck Row Primary School, The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE
Received 7 Jul 2011Elmswell Primary School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 30 Jan 2001Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, Suffolk, IP31 3PB
Received 23 Apr 2025IES Breckland Crown Street Brandon IP27 0PE
Received 27 May 2021Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 1 Oct 2003Records 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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