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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Combs Community Centre, Hillside, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2BU
Received 21 Jul 2010Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 23 Mar 2012Wortham Academy Primary School, Wortham, Suffolk, IP22 1PX
Received 25 Mar 2015Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, IP31 3PB
Received 13 Jun 2014Ransomes Europark, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Nov 2003Brampton Primary School, Southwold Road, Brampton, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8DW
Received 22 Jun 2010Land adjacent Manor Farm House, Church Lane, Westerfield, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Jan 2014Nayland Sewage Treatment Works, Off Stoke Road, Nayland
Received 2 Mar 2009Saxmundham Middle School, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 17 Jun 2009LEISTON CHILDREN CENTRE, KING GEORGE'S AVENUE, LEISTON, IP16 4JG
Received 20 Jan 2011Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 28 Aug 2003Foxhall Waste Transfer Station, Foxhall Road, Foxhall, Suffolk, IP10 0HT.
Received 14 Nov 2023Brome Industrial Estate, Brome, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7HN
Received 20 Jan 2010Westfield New Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 13 May 2011Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 25 May 2001St Louis Primary School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA
Received 26 Oct 2011Beccles Household Waste Recycling Centre, Fen Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR4 9B
Received 22 Jan 2010Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 6 Oct 2003The National Grid (Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement)
Received 1 Sept 2025Lothingland Middle School, Jay Lane, Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 12 Jun 2002Cavendish Primary School, The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8BA
Received 4 Nov 2000Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 31 Aug 2011Bungay Primary School, Wingfield Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA
Received 29 Jul 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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