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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RE
Received 11 Oct 2015Cockfield Primary School, Church Lane, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2002Sybil Andrews Academy, Rougham Tower Avenue, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7QB
Received 11 Apr 2016St Mark's Primary School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, IP2 9HN
Received 15 Nov 2007Beacon Hill Special School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 31 Aug 2006Hollesley Primary School, School Lane, Hollesley, IP12 3RE
Received 27 Jul 2009Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Jun 2005The Play House, 34, Hall Farm Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 7 Jun 2010Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk-, IP17 1XQ
Received 18 Jul 2014Gazeley Rail Depot, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Apr 2000Westgate Whirlybirds, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 2 Nov 2007Brantham Hall The Chase Brantham CO11 1PT
Received 8 Oct 2025Barningham C of E VC Primary School, Church Road, Barningham, IP31 1DD
Received 8 Mar 2013Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 2 Jun 2010Thomas Wolsey School, 642, Old Norwich Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6LU
Received 25 Apr 2005Occold Academy Primary School, The Street, Occold, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7PL
Received 28 Jun 2006Hadleigh Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Mar 2000Hadleigh Health Centre, Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Nov 2007Walsham Le Willows Primary School, Wattisfield Road
Received 7 Mar 2007Busy Bee Pre-School at Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6QF
Received 26 Aug 2010Land adjacent to Sinks Pit, Hall Road, Little Bealings, Ipswich
Received 31 Jul 2013Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Benacre Road, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TQ
Received 5 Jul 2016Cliff Quay Water Recycling Centre Raeburn Road South Ipswich IP3 0ET
Received 15 Apr 2021Sir John Leman High School, Ringsfield Road
Received 14 May 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.
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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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