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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land North of, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 9 Dec 2010Britannia Primary School, Britannia Road, Ipswich
Received 6 Mar 2013Aldeburgh Primary School Playingfield, Park Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 6 Jul 2001Leiston Household Waste Recycling Centre, Lovers Lane, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4UJ
Received 30 Jan 2012Stowmarket Station, Station Road East, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1RQ
Received 19 Jun 2008Henham Quarry, Henham, NR34 8AD
Received 29 Aug 2012Hadleigh High School, Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008Kessingland Gypsy Site, Romany Lane, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 17 Feb 2004Foxhall Landfill Site Brightwell Suffolk
Received 13 Aug 2020Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 21 Nov 2016Combs Ford Primary School, Glemsford Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2PN
Received 19 Apr 2016Hadleigh Household Waste Recycling Centre Crockatt Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk, IP7 6RD
Received 21 Jul 2000West Row Primary School, Beeches Road, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 19 Nov 2008Hadleigh Primary School, Station Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5HQ
Received 24 Mar 2014Beacon House, 53-65, White House Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5PB
Received 18 Apr 2016The Scrapyard, Grove Lane, Stanton, Suffolk, .IP312BB
Received 19 Feb 2014Nayland Fire Station, Bear Street, Nayland, CO6 4HY
Received 8 Nov 2011Nacton Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 13 Aug 2007King Edward VIth Upper School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 10 Sept 2007St Helen's Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2LT
Received 1 Nov 2011Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 6 Jun 2013All Saints Middle School, Acton Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 2 Jun 2006Boxford Primary School, Stone Street, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NP
Received 20 Jun 2012Freeman County Primary School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
Received 9 Dec 2014Records 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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