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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bungay High School, Queens Road, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 30 Nov 2000EXNING PRIMARY SCHOOL, OXFORD STREET, EXNING, Newmarket, CB8 7EW
Received 16 Oct 2012Landmark House, Whitehouse Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Jul 2012Chilton Airfield, Chilton Grove, Waldingfield Road, Chilton, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 18 Jul 2005Grove Primary School Academy, Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8RQ
Received 6 Jul 2000Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 17 Jan 2007Hopton Primary School, Thelnethan Road, Hopton, Suffolk, Suffolk, IP22 2QZ
Received 19 Jul 2013Trimley St Martin Primary School Kirton Rd, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe IP11 0QL
Received 5 Oct 2021Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 9 Dec 2011Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham
Received 31 Jul 2007Newmarket College, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk
Received 7 Sept 2011Wells Hall Primary School, Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 10 Mar 2008Great Finborough Primary School, High Road, Great Finborough, IP14 3AQ
Received 4 Dec 2008Broom Hill Quarry, Foxes Carr
Received 13 Apr 2000Great Blakenham WTS, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 26 Jan 2009Acton Primary School, Lambert Drive, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 31 Oct 2003Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 6 Oct 2011Roman Hill Primary School, Avondale Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NX
Received 22 Jul 2016Ashby House, 44 Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HU.
Received 17 Mar 2025Eye Youth Centre, Church Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BD
Received 17 May 2010Howard Middle School, Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SA
Received 4 Dec 2008Chantry High School, Mallard Way, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LR
Received 22 Oct 2009Park Farm Quarry, Thetford Road, Ingham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 1HT
Received 15 Aug 2008Land to the north of Lawn Farm Quarry Old Bury Road Wetherden Suffolk IP14 3JU
Received 28 Dec 2023Records 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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