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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Westley Middle School, Oliver Road
Received 15 Jul 2002Hillside School, Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NN
Received 6 Apr 2004Grove Primary School Academy, Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8RQ
Received 1 Feb 2006Former Leiston Middle School, Waterloo Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4HF
Received 25 May 2018The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 1 Oct 2005The Village Centre, Rendlesham Heath
Received 7 Jul 2004Reydon Primary School, Jermyns Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 17 Jun 2013Cavenham Quarry Martston's Pit Cavenham Heath Cavenham Bury St Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 16 Apr 2020Acton Closed Landfill, Bears Pit, Bull Lane, Acton, Sudbury
Received 21 Feb 2018BRITANNIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRITANNIA ROAD, IPSWICH, IP4 5HE
Received 2 Feb 2012Car Parking Area Rear of 3 To 7, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2DH
Received 16 May 2016Brandon Healthy Living Centre, Off Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 10 May 2007Britannia Primary School, Britannia Road, Ipswich
Received 15 Feb 2012Melton Primary Schol, Melton Road
Received 25 Apr 2000St Christophers Primary School, Bellflower Crescent, Red Lodge, Suffolk, IP28 8XQ
Received 10 Feb 2014St Joseph's Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 20 Nov 2012Waldringfield Quarry, Heath Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0BL
Received 9 Oct 2017(Boxford Suffolk Farms) Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NY
Received 17 Feb 2014Coupals Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 29 Jun 2009Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Dec 2004Great Blakenham Energy from Waste, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 0JE.
Received 20 Nov 2023Land east of The Old Police House, Nayland Road, Bures, Suffolk
Received 3 Mar 2014St Mary's Primary School, Stonehouse Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 5BH
Received 21 Nov 2013St Pancras Primary School, Stratford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6EF
Received 27 May 2015Records 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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