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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 8 Feb 2000Suffolk County Council, The Saxmundham Centre, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1DZ
Received 6 Aug 2012Fornham Sewage Treatment Works, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Sept 2000Oulton Broad Primary School, Christmas Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3JX
Received 6 Jun 2006Wortham Long Green Primary School, Bury Road, Wortham, Suffolk
Received 30 Mar 2001ABBOTS HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, DANESCOURT AVENUE, STOWMARKET, SUFFOLK, IP14 1QF
Received 27 Jan 2014Council Offices Saxmundham, Street Farm Road
Received 15 Aug 2001Great Blakenham EfW Lodge Lane Great Blakenham Ipswich IP6 0JE
Received 13 Feb 2019Lowestoft HWRC and WTS, Hadenham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7NF
Received 10 Jan 2023Ashley Downs Special School, Ashley Downs, Lowestoft
Received 10 Feb 2006Barningham Primary School, Church Road, Barningham, IP31 1DD
Received 5 Oct 2012High Suffolk Family Hub, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, IP14 6BL.
Received 12 Oct 2025S Sacker (claydon) Ltd Gipping Road Great Blakenham Suffolk IP6 0JB
Received 16 Dec 2022Masons Landfill MRF, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX.
Received 27 Feb 2024Spring Grove Farm, Withersfield, North West of Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7SW.
Received 21 Sept 2022Forest Academy, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 21 Dec 2016Gallows Hill Quarry, Ipswich Road, Baylham, Suffolk, IP6 0PF
Received 19 Dec 2024Suffolk One, Scrivener Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 26 Jan 2010Bernard Matthews, Upper Holton, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8NJ
Received 9 Aug 2012St Edmund's Catholic Primary School, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QG
Received 6 Mar 2018School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 12 Feb 2003Grove Farm Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 15 May 2002St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 21 Aug 2007REYDON PRIMARY SCHOOL, JERMYNS ROAD, REYDON, IP18 6QB
Received 27 Jun 2011Records 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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