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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Anglian Water, Cliff Quay Sewage Treatment works, Raeburn Road South, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 11 Mar 2005Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, IP13 9EP
Received 1 May 2009Dell CP School, Dell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9NU
Received 15 Mar 2010Kirkley Middle School, Southwell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2010Suffolk Records Office, 77, Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2AR
Received 25 Oct 2017Foxhall Waste Transfer Station, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 7 Apr 2006North Ipswich Childrens Centre, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HB
Received 24 Jul 2009Bramford Landfill Site, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford, IP8 4DE
Received 27 Jun 2016MOULTON C OF E VC FIRST SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, MOULTON, CB8 8PR
Received 13 Oct 2010Household Waste Recycling Centre, Rougham Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2RN
Received 31 Jul 2013Old Forest Primary School., Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 18 Oct 2010Hardwick Middle School, Mayfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Sept 2009The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich
Received 27 Jun 2016Harbour Pupil Referral Unit Saturn Close Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4TD
Received 31 Mar 2023Pumping Station A Land off Holly Lane Belstead IP8 3LZ
Received 28 May 2025Land North Of Highfield Norton Road Thurston IP31 3QH
Received 7 Jun 2021Helmingham Academy Primary School, School Road, Helmingham
Received 8 Mar 2010Gt Blakenham Paper Waste Transfer Site, Site 2, Land Off Addison Way, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0SL
Received 4 Oct 2011Warren Special School, Clarkes Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8HT
Received 18 Mar 2011Indigo Waste Services Ltd Unit 6 Little Heath Barnham IP24 2SY
Received 20 Feb 2020Britannia Primary School, Britannia Road, Ipswich
Received 9 Oct 200731-35, Pinbush Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk., NR33 7NL
Received 2 Feb 2016Place Farm Primary School, Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Received 15 Jun 2010Corton Primary School, The Street, Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 27 Oct 2010Records 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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