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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pakefield Primary School, 82, London Road, Pakefield, NR33 7AQ
Received 15 Feb 2011St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 27 Jun 2013Bramford Primary School Duckamere Bramford Ipswich IP8 4AH
Received 17 Apr 2019Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks, Brickworks lane, Gisleham, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 5 Apr 2016Rede Wood Farm, Rede Wood Lane
Received 12 Jul 2000Shrubland Quarry Norwich Road Shrubland Park Estates Coddenham Suffolk IP6 9QW
Received 28 Jan 2021Moreton Hall High School, Morton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 21 Mar 2014Red Lodge Warren Landfill site, Elms Road, Red Lodge, Suffolk
Received 21 Dec 2005Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 25 Oct 2013Environment Agency - Kingfisher House, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5ZR
Received 5 Sept 2012Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Oct 2011Former Bungay Middle School, Hillside Road East, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1JS
Received 12 Mar 2018Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 26 May 2010Bramford Primary School, Duckamere, Bramford, IP8 4AH.
Received 10 Sept 2025Great Finborough Primary School, High Road, Great Finborough, IP14 3AQ
Received 15 Sept 2014New Shire Hall, Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2AR
Received 6 Dec 2015St Benet'S Primary School, Ringsfield Road, Beccles
Received 15 Apr 2005Needham Market Youth Club, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Jul 2005Blackbourne Middle School, Upthorpe Road, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2AW
Received 11 May 2007Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 1 Jul 2010Roman Hill Primary School, Avondale Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NX
Received 11 Jan 2016The Bridge School Secondary Campus, Sprites Lane, Belstead, IP8 3ND
Received 1 Aug 2014WALSHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, WATTISFIELD ROAD, WALSHAM-LE-WILLOWS, IP31 3BD
Received 12 Nov 2012Pakefield Primary School, 82, London Road, Pakefield, NR33 7AQ
Received 11 Nov 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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