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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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School Bungalows, Lavenham Way, Combs, Stowmarket, IP14 2BX
Received 2 Mar 2017Springfield Junior School, Kitchener Road, Ipswich, IP14DT
Received 6 Jul 2015Hardwick Middle School, Mayfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 31 Dec 2009Aldeburgh Waste Water Treatment Centre, Leiston Road
Received 18 Jun 2004A B C Playschool, Strickmere, Stratford St. Mary, CO7 6YG
Received 1 Oct 2012Britannia Primary School, Britannia Road, Ipswich
Received 6 Mar 2013Horringer Pre-School, Meadow Drive, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5SB
Received 1 Nov 2017Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 6 Nov 2013Risby End Of Life Vehicles Facility, Newmarket Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 28 Aug 2003Eye Landfill Site, Langton Grove Farm
Received 14 Apr 2000Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 26 Jun 2006Sir Peter Hall School Airfield Road Bury St Edmunds IP32 7BY
Received 2 Mar 2022Hartest Primary School, The Row, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4DL
Received 15 Jul 2015Shrubland Quarry Old Norwich Road Coddenham Ipswich IP6 9QW
Received 31 Jul 2019Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Barham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0EB
Received 28 Jan 2021Newmarket Household Waste & Recycling Centre, Depot Road, Ne, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 24 Jan 2006MIDDLETON PRIMARY SCHOOL, RECTORY ROAD, MIDDLETON, IP17 3NW
Received 4 Aug 2010Saxmundham Fire Station, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1DZ
Received 10 Nov 2016Footbridge over River Lark, Adjacent to Jubilee Fields, Mildenhall
Received 5 May 2009Sybil Andrews Academy Rougham Tower Avenue Rougham Suffolk IP32 7QB
Received 19 Jan 2024Worlington Quarry, Worlington
Received 18 May 2009Hadleigh Quarry Aldham Mill Hill Hadleigh IP7 6DL
Received 17 Jun 2022Thomas Mills High School, Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 11 Jan 2008Pakefield High School-, Kilbourn Road, LOWESTOFT, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 10 Aug 2012Records 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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