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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Holton St Peter School Bungay Road Holton Suffolk IP19 8PL
Received 4 May 2023Old Forest Primary School., Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 28 Jan 2000Stowmarket Station, Station Road East, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1RQ
Received 4 Feb 2009Bosmere Primary School, Quinton Road, Needham Market, IP6 8BP
Received 15 Sept 2014St. Benedicts High School, Beetons Way, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RH
Received 29 May 2012Debenham Fire Station, 12, Low Road, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6QU
Received 24 Jul 2012Gorseland Primary School, Deben Avenue, Martlesham
Received 13 Oct 2010Woodbridge Primary School, New Street
Received 30 Jan 2001Newmarket Children's Centre, Foley House, Wellington Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 OHY
Received 24 Mar 2004The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 31 Aug 1999Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 15 Nov 2022127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 24 Nov 2011Plum Tree Pre-School at Barrow Primary School, Church Road, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 15 Aug 2011Barnham Primary School, Euston Road, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk
Received 21 Mar 2002Gainsborough Library, Clapgate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0RL
Received 2 Nov 2010Great Whelnetham Primary School, Stanningfield Road, Great Whelnetham, IP30 0UA
Received 9 Mar 2015Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham
Received 26 Jan 2012Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, IP13 9EP
Received 11 Mar 2010Earl Soham Primary School, The Street, Earl Soham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
Received 11 Apr 2005Albert Pye Community Primary School, Fredericks Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL
Received 13 Dec 2010Handford Hall Primary School, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ
Received 26 Sept 2008Thurston High School, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 4 Dec 2007Kessingland Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Lane
Received 12 Nov 2003Kirkley Middle School, Southwell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 4 Aug 2008Records 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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