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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Risby Primary School, Aylmer Close, Risby, Suffolk, IP28 6RT
Received 9 Nov 2015Yoxford Primary School, High Street
Received 6 Apr 2003Charsfield Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 9 Mar 2012Sextons Manor Community Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG
Received 19 Jun 2008First Base PRU, 34, Ashley Downs, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4EX
Received 18 Jan 2012Beccles Middle School, Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQ
Received 1 Oct 2007East Anglia Two Offshore Wind Farm
Received 2 Aug 2024Great Waldingfield Primary School, Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0RS
Received 6 May 2015Ashby House (Children's Home) 44 Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HU
Received 18 Oct 2024Saxon House, 1 Whittle Road, Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0UH
Received 14 Mar 2012Risby Primary School, Aylmer Close, Risby, Bury St Edmudns, IP28 6RT
Received 20 Apr 2015Flixton Quarry, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NN
Received 16 Feb 2017Alderwood PRU, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Mar 2004Hadleigh Community Primary School, Station Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5HQ
Received 18 May 2015Boxford Primary School, Stone Street, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NP
Received 10 Sept 2001Somerleyton Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Mar 2005Darmsden Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 13 Oct 2000Riverwalk Special School, South Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JZ
Received 7 Jun 2011Martlesham Park & Ride, A12 & A1214
Received 8 Sept 2002Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP28 6HJ
Received 18 May 2001St Edmunds Primary School, St Marys Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1AY
Received 13 Jun 2008Cygnets Childcare, The Old School Hall, Stanningfield Road, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0UA
Received 22 Feb 2011Bardwell Primary School, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 1AD
Received 8 Nov 2013Wilby C Of E Primary School Brundish Road Wilby IP21 5LR
Received 20 Jan 2021Records 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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