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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bawdsey Primary School, School Lane, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 2 Nov 2000The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 12 Aug 2011Sybil Andrews Academy, Rougham Tower Avenue, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7QB
Received 11 May 2016Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road
Received 13 Sept 2004East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 20 Oct 2025Kessingland Primary School, Field Lane, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7QA
Received 15 Mar 2010Suffolk One, Scrivener Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Sept 2010Lakenheath Recycling Centre Brandon Road, Eriswell, Suffolk, IP27 9PS
Received 28 Mar 2018HADLEIGH HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHLANDS ROAD, HADLEIGH, IP7 5HU
Received 20 Jan 2010Mendlesham Primary School, Old Station Road
Received 27 Mar 2002Sudbury Household Waste Recycling Centre, Sandy Lane, Sudbury, CO10 7HG
Received 3 Dec 2012Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 22 Mar 2005Risby Waste Recycling And Composting Plant, Newmarket Road, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 16 Mar 2000Alderwood Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0EW
Received 29 Jan 2009Land adjacent to Junction of Beyton Road, Tostock, Suffolk, IP30 9PH
Received 19 Feb 2016Abbots Green Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 18 Dec 2008Army Reserve Centre Yarmouth Road Ipswich IP1 4BH
Received 28 Aug 2020Trimley Ref 628,333,235,212 From Westside of A14 Footbridge, Eastside of Clickett Hill Road, Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 14 Mar 2008Hillside School, Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NN
Received 1 Apr 2002Wangford Landfill Site Hill Road Wangford NR34 8AR
Received 30 Jul 2020Great Heath Primary School, St Johns Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 8 Jan 2007Sproughton Primary School, Church Lane, Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Jul 2006Rougham Primary School, Church Road, Rougham, IP30 9JJ
Received 15 Jul 2013Land adjacent to, Glastonbury Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 22 Oct 2012Records 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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