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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stradbroke High School, Wilby Road, Stradbroke, Eye, Suffolk
Received 7 Apr 2003All Saints Primary School, The Street, Lawshall, Suffolk, IP29 4QA
Received 6 Jul 2015St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 19 Apr 2001Occold Academy Primary School, The Street, Occold, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7PL
Received 27 Apr 2016Hempden House PRU, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 30 Nov 2017Barnard's Meadow, Barnard's Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2HF
Received 20 Nov 2009St Matthews Primary School, Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2AX
Received 20 Oct 2006Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Sept 2013St John's Primary School, Victory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4LE
Received 5 Jul 2011Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Jun 2010Mellis Primary School, Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk
Received 16 Oct 2006North East Suffolk Business Centre, 52, Pinbush Road
Received 22 Jun 1999St Louis School Nursery, Fordham Road, Newmarket
Received 13 Oct 2008Sebert Wood Primary School, Sebert Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Apr 2009Stowmarket Recycling Centre, Old Bury Road, Stowmarket, IP14 3QB
Received 7 Aug 2025Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 22 Dec 2015Claydon Skips Ltd, Masons Quarry, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 16 Mar 2015Gisleham Middle School, Gisleham Road
Received 23 Jan 2001Cavenham Aggregates, Cavenham Road, Tuddenham
Received 14 Oct 2014St Alban's High School, Digby Road, Ipswich
Received 25 Mar 2011Park Farm Quarry Ingham, Thetford Road, Ingham
Received 5 Jan 2001Holton St Peter Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Oct 2004Kirkley Middle School, Southwell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 14 Jan 2005Biffa Waste Services, Paper Mill Lane, Bramford, IP8 4DE
Received 17 Dec 2013Records 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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