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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Highfield Nursery School, Chesterfield Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Feb 2002County Hall, St Helens Street
Received 21 Aug 2000Countess Wells Farm, New Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 28 Oct 2013Great Barton Primary School, School Road, Great Barton, IP31 2RJ
Received 4 Jun 2009Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, IP31 3PB
Received 4 Apr 2014Sir John Leman High School, Ringsfield Road
Received 12 Apr 2003Former Roman Hill Primary School, Love Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 25 Feb 2013Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 9 Feb 2015Foxhall Landfill Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 30 Jul 2002Rendlesham Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, IP12 2GF
Received 23 Oct 2013East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm
Received 4 May 2022East Ipswich Waste Transfer Station Lytham Road Ipswich IP3 9BF
Received 7 Sept 2020Great Blakenham - MRF Site, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 10 Aug 2004Felixstowe Ferry Residential Centre, Ferry Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9RS
Received 23 Mar 2006Whitehouse Primary School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 25 Apr 2016Land At Masons Landfill Site Bramford Road Great Blakenham IP6 0JX
Received 10 Dec 2020Lakenheath Recycling Centre Brandon Road, Eriswell, Suffolk, IP27 9PS
Received 14 Oct 2016East Bergholt Primary School, School Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 17 Sept 2003Harris Middle School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 10 May 2004Hillside Primary School, Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 26 Jun 2003ABBOTS HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, DANESCOURT AVENUE, STOWMARKET, SUFFOLK, IP14 1QF
Received 19 Jan 2012Scotland Street Bridge, Scotland Street, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, CO6 4QG
Received 18 Apr 2013Bramford to Twinstead
Received 10 Feb 2026Flixton Quarry, Flixton Park, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NN
Received 3 Oct 2006Records 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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