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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land to the South West of the roundabout, Calais Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP12 4AL
Received 18 Jun 2009Masons Materials Recycling Facility Bramford Road Ipswich IP6 0LW
Received 30 Jun 2026Cavenham Quarry Allen Newport Ltd Cavenham Road Tuddenham Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 13 Aug 2020Gazeley Rail Depot, Higham, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7QT
Received 17 Dec 2008Bramford to Twinstead
Received 20 Feb 2026Brooklands Primary School Brooklands Rise Brantham Manningtree CO11 1TU
Received 19 Nov 2021Stowmarket Station Car Park, Station Road East, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 22 Jun 2007St Edmund's Primary School, St Mary'S Street, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 15 Mar 2007A & S Topsoils Land off Wildmere Lane, Holywell Row, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8LT
Received 7 Jul 2010Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 2 Oct 2009127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 9 Mar 2015Blackshore Quay, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 7 Nov 2011Benjamin Britten High School, Blyford Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 9 Jan 2009Clare Castle, Station Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8NJ
Received 22 Jun 2012Parham Recycling Centre, Parham, Suffolk, IP13 9AF
Received 2 Mar 2012School Bungalow, Lavenham Way, Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2BZ
Received 11 Nov 2016Beacon Hill Special School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 Aug 2009Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk
Received 13 Jul 2006S Sacker (Claydon) Ltd Gipping Road Great Blakenham Suffolk IP6 0JB
Received 8 Apr 2022Thurlow Primary School, The Street, Little Thurlow, Suffolk
Received 12 Oct 2009Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Road, Ipswich
Received 8 May 2012Easton Primary School, The Street, Easton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 12 Jan 2005Priory Heath Primary School, Lindbergh Road
Received 30 Nov 1999Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 19 Dec 2002Records 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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