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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Masons Materials Recycling Facility, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 0LW
Received 28 Apr 2026Norton Primary School, School Close, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 Oct 2001Priory School, Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BH
Received 18 Oct 2002Adnams Distribution Centre, Halesworth Road, Suffolk, IP18 6SG
Received 19 Oct 2009St. Edmunds RC Primary School Westgate Street Bury St. Edmunds IP33 1QG
Received 15 Feb 2022Colville House Resource Centre, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 24 Jun 2005Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk
Received 8 May 2007Hartismere High School, Castle Way
Received 11 Dec 2004Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 10 Feb 2014Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6QF
Received 29 Mar 2017Chilton Estate, Chilton, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 3 Jul 2008Brooklands Primary School, Palfrey Heights, Brantham, Manningtree, Essex
Received 21 Feb 2012The Allotments, Ballingdon Street
Received 20 Oct 2000New Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Puddlebrook Playingfields, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 8 Nov 2011Army Reserve Centre Yarmouth Road Ipswich IP1 4BH
Received 16 Dec 2019Landmark House, Whitehouse Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 25 Jan 2012Trimley St Mary Primary School, High Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 0ST
Received 10 Sept 2010Sprites Junior School, Stonechat Road, Ipswich
Received 26 Oct 2001Cavenham Heath Quarry Cavenham Tuddenham IP28 6SE
Received 30 May 2001WOOLPIT CP SCHOOL, HEATH ROAD, WOOLPIT, IP30 9RU
Received 23 Nov 2010Moreton Hall Secondary School, Land adjacent to Lady Miriam Way, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 9 Mar 2016Crowfoot Primary School, Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 5 Aug 2010Northgate High School, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DL
Received 21 Sept 2007Mildenhall College of Technology, Bury Road, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7HT
Received 6 Jul 2007Records 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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