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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 2 Jul 2011Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 5 Aug 2009Trinity Family Centte, Grange Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 6 May 2002Foxhall Household Waste Recycling Centre, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, IP10 0BG.
Received 16 Aug 2021Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3JU.
Received 17 Nov 2022Melton Primary School, Melton Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1PG
Received 7 Feb 2012Westgate Whirlybirds, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 19 Jun 2006Henham Quarry, Henham, Wangford, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8AD
Received 23 Aug 2006Sproughton Primary School, Church Lane, Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 May 2007Wickhambrook Primary School, Wickhambrook, Newmarket, Suffolk
Received 16 Nov 2009Land between Bramford Rd and Europa Way, (New Link Road) Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5BH
Received 22 Aug 2022The Ark Childrens Centre, Water Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NH
Received 18 Dec 2015Highway Depot, 3, Goddard Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5NP
Received 10 Feb 2011Birchwood Primary School, Valiant Road, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Nov 2002Highfield Norton Road Thurston IP31 3QH
Received 19 Aug 2021Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 18 Aug 2017Highfield Nursery School, Chesterfield Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Sept 2005Orwell High School, Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 23 Oct 2013Barley Brigg Farm, Laxfield Road, Stradbroke, Suffolk, IP21 5NQ
Received 29 Oct 2015St Louis Primary School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA
Received 26 Jul 2002Great Cornard Upper School, Head Lane, Great Cornard, CO10 0JU
Received 1 Aug 2008Swiss Centre, Scrivener Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk (Suffolk One)
Received 16 May 2008Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Anson Way, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 23 Jun 2009Sir Peter Hall School Airfield Road Bury St Edmunds IP32 7BY
Received 20 Mar 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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