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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cavenham Quarry Cavenham Road Tuddenham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6SE
Received 5 Feb 20219-10, The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RS
Received 13 Oct 2015Clapham House, Clapham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2005Crowfoot Primary School, Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 16 Dec 2010Howard Primary School (Carousel childrens Centre), St Olave's Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 6 Jul 2007Moreton Hall Secondary School, Land adjacent to Lady Miriam Way, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 Mar 2015Leiston High School, Seaward Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4BG
Received 12 Jul 2005Claydon and Barham Recreation Ground, Thornhill Road, Claydon, IP6 0DZ
Received 22 Aug 2018Bramford Primary School, Duckamere, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4AH
Received 28 Mar 2008All Saints Primary School, Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Received 14 Mar 2013Uplands Middle School, York Road
Received 25 May 2000Beyton Middle School, Drinkstone Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 20 Jun 2011Chilton Primary School, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 24 Mar 2009Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
Received 19 Jun 2008Cherry Blossom Childrens Centre, East Bergholt Primary School, School Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 21 Oct 2008Land at Foxburrow Farm, Ipswich Road, Brightwell, IP10 0BZ.
Received 5 Aug 2026Bury St Edmunds Water Tower, West Road
Received 7 Sept 2003Brooklands Primary School, Palfrey Heights, Brantham, Manningtree, Essex
Received 4 Jul 2000The Bridge School Secondary Campus, Sprites Lane, Belstead, IP8 3ND
Received 26 Jan 2015Woolpit Primary School, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5SN
Received 27 May 1999Ravensmere Infants School, St Benedict'S Road
Received 20 Jan 2003The Lake Lothing (Lowestoft) Third Crossing
Received 13 Aug 2020Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, IP5 1JG
Received 3 Feb 2012Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 3 Jul 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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