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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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B And B Skips Limited Beccles Business Park Anson Way Worlingham NR34 7TJ
Received 20 Oct 2023Uplands Children Centre, Ashburnham Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8LJ
Received 21 Mar 2016Stradbroke High School, Wilby Road, Stradbroke, Eye, Suffolk
Received 25 Jul 2001Westgate Whirlybirds and Pre School, Brooklands Close, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 7 Dec 2009Wetheringsett Primary School, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5PJ
Received 11 Feb 2011Warren Special School, Clarkes Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8HT
Received 29 Dec 2010Wangford Quarry, Hill Road, Wangford, NR34 8AR
Received 22 Dec 2014First Base Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich
Received 24 Jun 2005Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Jun 2016Albert Pye Primary School, Frederick's Road
Received 26 Oct 2001Snape Primary School Church Road Snape Saxmundham IP17 1QG
Received 4 Apr 201919-21 Neptune Quay Ipswich IP4 1QJ
Received 17 Jun 2020Holbrook High School, Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 Apr 2006Saxmundham Middle School, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 10 Mar 2001Holbrook High School, Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 May 2006Broomfield Depot, Lafarge Aggregates Ltd, Lower Crescent, Barham, Suffolk, IP6 0PF
Received 8 Aug 2025Bungay Middle School, Hillside Road East, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1JS
Received 17 Apr 2007Boxford Primary School, Stone Street Road, Boxford, CO10 5NP
Received 23 Jul 2012Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, IP31 3PB
Received 28 Nov 2013Hadleigh Quarry, Peyton Hall Farm, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 6DL
Received 4 Oct 2012Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Anson Way, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TL
Received 20 Sept 2017St Mark's Catholic Primary School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Suffolk, IP2 9HN
Received 20 Jan 2009Land between New Street and Fore Street within the, University of Suffolk Campus, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1LN
Received 28 Aug 2020Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Ipswich IP6 0PB
Received 29 Oct 2025Records 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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