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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Glade Primary School, Knappers Way, Brandon
Received 3 Feb 2017Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 6 Jan 2001Spexhall Landfill Site, Wash Lane
Received 16 Jun 2003Helmingham Academy Primary School, School Road, Helmingham
Received 19 May 2010Holton St. Peter Primary School, Bungay Road, Holton, IP19 8PL
Received 5 Jun 2014Ravenswood Community Primary School, Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RZ
Received 19 Oct 2007Gunton Primary School, Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 1 Jun 2012Thomas Mills High School, Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 19 May 2006Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 17 Oct 2007School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 8 May 2002Needham Market Middle School, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Jul 2005East Ipswich Fire Station, The Havens, Ransomes Europark, Ipswich, IP3 9SJ
Received 13 Dec 2012St Margaret's House, Gordon Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 30 Apr 2012Howard Primary School (former Middle School), Beard Road, Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 8SA
Received 18 May 2007Aldeburgh Waste Water Treatment Centre, Park Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Received 7 Feb 2006Cavenham Quarry Marston's Pit Cavenham Road Tuddenham Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 2 Feb 2024Great Barton Primary School, School Road, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2RJ
Received 3 Dec 2002Wangford Quarry, Hill Road, Wangford, NR34 8AR
Received 18 Dec 2008Lindbergh Road (former Ipswich Academy Site), Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9PZ
Received 27 Feb 2014Suffolk County Council, Brome Industrial Park, Airfield Industrial Estate, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7HN
Received 1 Nov 2012Chilton Grove, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2004Adnams Distribution Centre, Halesworth Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6SG
Received 28 Dec 2012Waldringfield Quarry, Heath Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0BL
Received 27 Oct 2011The Kingsfield Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Received 8 Feb 2002Records 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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