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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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East Bergholt Primary School, School Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 26 Jun 2006Deben High School, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 11 Jan 2010Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 2 Feb 2015Harbour PRU Horizon School Saturn Close Lowestoft NR32 4TD
Received 3 Feb 2022Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 3 Mar 2003The Bridge School, Sprites Lane, Belstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3ND
Received 24 May 2017Copdock Primary School, School Hill, Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Nov 2017Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 1 Aug 2011St Edmunds Primary School, Heckfield Green, Hoxne, Suffolk, IP21 5AD
Received 22 Mar 2013St John's Primary School, Victory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4LE
Received 24 Oct 2003St. Gregory Primary School, Church Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2BJ
Received 6 Dec 2013Glemsford Primary School, Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Received 1 Sept 2010Whitehouse Primary School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 1 Dec 2016Horringer Footbridge, Hornbeam Drive
Received 26 Apr 2000Stowmarket High School, Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1QR.
Received 21 Oct 2025Viridor Waste Management, Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, IP6 0JX
Received 21 Dec 2012Great Blakenham WTS, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 20 Jan 2009Haverhill Sewage Treatment Works, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7UR
Received 2 Mar 2007Hillside Primary School, Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, IP2 8NU
Received 10 Sept 2013Bardwell Primary School, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 1AD
Received 10 Nov 2014Honington Primary School, Malting Row, Honington, Suffolk, IP31 1RE
Received 18 May 2018Gallows Hill Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Mar 2014Wortham Academy Primary School, Wortham, Suffolk, IP22 1PX
Received 24 Jun 2011East Bergholt High School, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6RJ
Received 4 Jun 2009Records 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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