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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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LAVENHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BARN STREET, LAVENHAM, CO10 9RB
Received 14 Sept 2011Lowestoft Waste Transfer and Recycling Station Hadenham Road Gisleham NR33 7NF
Received 30 Jul 2024Aldeburgh Waste Water Treatment Centre, Leiston Road
Received 20 May 2003Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 May 2009Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks, Brickworks Lane, Gisleham, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 21 Sept 2023Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 Aug 2007Holywells High School, Lindbergh Road, Ipswich
Received 21 Jun 2000Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 2 Nov 2011Pumping Station A Land off Holly Lane Belstead IP8 3LZ
Received 5 Sept 2022Stanton Composting Site, Shepherds Grove
Received 6 Nov 2001Symonds Farm Power Ltd, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RE
Received 21 Nov 2016Bardwell Primary School, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 1AD
Received 26 Jul 2016Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 12 Oct 2016Somersham Primary School, Church Lane, Somersham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4PN
Received 31 Jan 2013St Peter And St Paul Academy Primary School, Church Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BD
Received 23 Oct 2015Newmarket Fire Station, Willie Snaith Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7RL
Received 18 Oct 2011South Lowestoft Relief Road, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 22 Oct 1999Yoxford Primary School, High Street, Yoxford, Suffolk, IP17 3EU
Received 7 Jan 2010Saxmundham Middle School, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 28 Jul 2006Bosmere Primary School, Quinton Road
Received 12 Jul 2000Warren Special School, Clarkes Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8HT
Received 3 Oct 2012Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 9 Mar 2017Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Barton Mills, Newmarket, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 28 Apr 2011St Margaret's Primary School, Ipswich Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1TS
Received 6 Jul 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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