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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Chantry Infants School, Aster Road
Received 2 Jun 2002Westfield Primary School (Former), Manor Road, Haverhill
Received 14 Feb 2013Beyton Middle School, Drinkstone Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 25 Oct 2004Roman Hill Primary School, Love Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NY
Received 8 May 2007Mellis & Yaxley Pre School, Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk
Received 24 Nov 2003All Saints Academy Primary School, Framlingham Road, Laxfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 8HD
Received 6 Mar 2013Creeting St Mary Primary School, All Saints Road, Creeting St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Dec 2013S Sacker (Claydon) Ltd Gipping Road Great Blakenham Ipswich IP6 0JB
Received 6 May 2022The Court House, Queensway
Received 1 Apr 2002Gainsborough Library, Clapgate Lane (junction with Mildmay Road), Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0RL
Received 23 Dec 2008Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 2 Jun 2014Ravensmere Primary School, St Benedict's Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008Debenham Fire Station, 12, Low Road, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6QU
Received 8 Feb 2012Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham
Received 20 Jan 2012Kirkley Learning Centre, Lovewell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0RQ
Received 11 May 2010Land to the east of Aspall Road/Eye Road Aspall IP14 6NZ
Received 14 Aug 2023Kirkley High School, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0UQ
Received 15 Jul 2010Gt Blakenham Paper Waste Transfer Site, Site 2, Land Off Addison Way, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0SL
Received 16 Jun 2011127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 17 Apr 2010Village Rise Children's Centre, Blyford Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4PZ
Received 20 Nov 2007Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EN
Received 2 Apr 2009Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 24 Jun 2004Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2011Freeman Primary School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk
Received 19 Nov 2003Records 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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