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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Oulton Broad Primary School, Christmas Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3JX
Received 2 Dec 20161 Reeds Lane, 1, Reeds Lane
Received 12 Jun 2004Rattlesden Primary Academy, Rattlesden, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0SE
Received 13 Apr 2010Stonham Aspal Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6AF
Received 7 May 200140, Lloyds Avenue, Ipswich
Received 3 Dec 2010Sybil Andrews Academy Rougham Tower Avenue Rougham Suffolk IP32 7QB
Received 25 Mar 2024Former Roman Hill Primary School, Love Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 26 Jun 2013Rattlesden Cp School, School Road, Rattlesden, IP30 0SE
Received 23 Jul 2013Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 14 May 2015Great Blakenham - MRF Site, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 26 Apr 2006Abbots Green Community Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 18 Aug 2014Dale Hall Primary School, Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4LX
Received 12 Jun 2017East Ipswich Fire Station, The Havens, Ransomes Europark, Ipswich, IP3 9SJ
Received 12 May 2010Saxon House, 1 Whittle Rd, Hadleigh Road Ind Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0JB
Received 9 Jul 2012Ipswich Wharf Operation, West Bank Terminal, Brett Aggregates Wherstead Road Ipswich IP2 8NB
Received 5 May 2020Middleton Primary School, Middleton, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3NW
Received 23 May 2006Rougham Primary School, Church Road, Rougham, Suffolk, IP30 3JJ
Received 17 Jan 20087 Whittle Road, Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0HU
Received 16 Sept 2025Occold Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Aug 2002Parham Waste Transfer Station, Silverlace Green, Parham, Suffolk
Received 10 Aug 2010Haverhill Waste Transfer Station, Homefield Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 29 Sept 2014Foxhall Household Waste Recycling Centre, Foxhall Road, Foxhall, Ipswich, IP10 0HT
Received 1 Sept 2016Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Wood Ley Primary School, Lowry Way
Received 7 Aug 2003Records 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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