Understanding planning · 13 min read
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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Barham Quarry, Sandy Lane, Barham, Ipswich, IP6 0PB
Received 28 Jul 2026Sir John Lehman High School, Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 28 Aug 2005Valley Farm Pit, Hadleigh Road, Sproughton, Ipswich, IP8 3EL
Received 29 Mar 2007Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
Received 4 Oct 2015Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 9 Aug 2013Woodbridge Fire Station, Theatre Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk., IP12 4NE
Received 19 Jun 2014Ixworth Primary School, Crown Lane, Ixworth, IP31 2EL
Received 30 Apr 2013Dale Hall Primary School Dale Hall Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP1 4LX
Received 10 May 2023Household Waste Recycling Centre, Rougham Hill, Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 22 Feb 2016Halesworth Middle School, Bungay Road, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8PY
Received 19 Aug 2013Howard Primary School (former Middle School), Beard Road, Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 8SA
Received 26 Aug 2016Worlingham Primary School, Rectory Lane, Worlingham, NR34 7RF
Received 5 Jul 2012Bramford to Twinstead
Received 24 Sept 2026GREAT FINBOROUGH V CP SCHOOL, HIGH ROAD, GREAT FINBOROUGH, IP14 3AQ
Received 8 Nov 2013John Turner House, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EZ
Received 5 Oct 2004The Lake Lothing Third Crossing (Lowestoft)
Received 13 Aug 2020Burton End Water Tower, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 8 Mar 2006West Meadows Centre, West Meadows, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5NU
Received 15 Jan 2009Fire Station, Stradbroke Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 13 Nov 2006East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm
Received 12 Mar 2025Debtrac Centre, Ipswich Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8DJ_
Received 3 Aug 2009Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, School Corner, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6PL
Received 13 Dec 2013East Bergholt High School, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6RJ
Received 7 Jun 2001Grange Primary School, Grange Road, Felixstowe, IP11 2PZ
Received 23 Feb 2004Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage