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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The First Stop Preschool, 154, High Road, Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 0ST
Received 15 Jun 2010148, Pine Square, Wattisham Airfield, IP7 7RQ
Received 9 Apr 2013Bramford to Twinstead
Received 21 Jul 2026Martlesham Primary Academy Black Tiles Lane Martlesham Woodbridge IP12 4SS
Received 22 Aug 2023Creeting St Mary Primary School, All Saints Road, Creeting St. Mary, IP6 8NF.
Received 5 Sept 2012Barham Quarry, Sandy Lane, Barham, Ipswich, IP6 0PB
Received 12 Feb 2024Household Waste Recycling Centre, Rougham Hill, Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 12 Oct 2016Green Lane, Honington, Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk-
Received 10 Mar 2014Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk
Received 13 Apr 2006Lowestoft Waste Transfer Station, Hadenham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7NF
Received 3 Dec 2009Ravenswood Children's Centre and Community Building, 103, Hening Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9QJ
Received 1 Jul 2009Hartest Primary School, The Row
Received 15 Jul 2003Bernard Matthews Ltd, Upper Holton, IP19 8NJ
Received 11 Jul 2014Broke Hall Primary School, Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 10 Jan 2003School House, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Sept 2001The Wooden House Children's Centre, Lanark Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3EJ
Received 6 Sept 2007Tattingstone Primary School, Church Road, Tattingstone, Suffolk, IP9 2NA
Received 22 Dec 2016Land to the north of Spring Grove Farm, Withersfield, Suffolk, CB9 7SW
Received 6 Jun 2023Blood Hill Closed landfill Site, Somersham Road, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4NN-
Received 12 Nov 2009Old Newton Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 2 May 2007St Christopher's CEVCP, BellFlower Crescent, Red Lodge, Suffolk, IP28 8XQ
Received 6 Sept 2012Suffolk Record Office, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ
Received 14 Dec 2006St Joseph's Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6JP
Received 8 Jun 2005Chantry Academy Mallard Way Ipswich IP2 9LR
Received 11 May 2022Records 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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