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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Whitton Primary School, Shakespeare Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Jan 2016Whitehouse Primary School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 26 Apr 2017Land east of Westerfield/Witnesham Road (B1077), Westerfield, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9AJ
Received 27 Jun 2025Land adjacent to Sinks Pit, Hall Road, Little Bealings, Ipswich
Received 5 Dec 2019Foxborough Middle School, Foxborough Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 19 May 2000The Kingsfield Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Received 30 Jan 2002Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PY
Received 12 Sept 2014Mendlesham Primary School, Old Station Road, Mendlesham, IP14 5RT
Received 12 Jun 2014Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 19 May 2014Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008The Kingsfield Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Received 17 Aug 2009Sudbury Family and Children Centre, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NP
Received 22 Nov 2006Lawn Farm Quarry Wetherden Stowmarket IP14 3JU
Received 29 Sept 2020Great Whelnetham CEVCP School, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 8 Jul 2005Northgate High School, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DL
Received 29 Oct 2003Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 9 Nov 2015Ranelagh Primary School Pauls Road Ipswich IP2 0AN
Received 12 Oct 2020Grange Farm, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Dec 1999Bungay High School, Queens Road, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 12 Feb 2003Great Blakenham WTS, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 3 Jan 2008Waldringfield Quarry, Heath Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Feb 2012Thurlow Primary School, Pound Green, Thurlow, CB9 7HY
Received 16 Apr 2010Sebert Wood Primary School, Sebert Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2011Great Waldingfield Primary School, Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury. CO10 0RR
Received 28 Jun 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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