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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Bramford to Twinstead
Received 12 Aug 20267, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4AH
Received 30 Mar 2009Badwell Ash Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Jul 2000St Thomas Church Hall, Bramford Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5BS
Received 15 Mar 2016Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 23 Jul 2007Land between New Street and Fore Street within the, University of Suffolk Campus, Ipswich, Suffolk., IP4 1LN
Received 9 May 2018Worlingworth Primary School, Shop Street, Worlingworth, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7HX
Received 9 Mar 2012Walsham Le Willows Primary School, Wattisfield Road
Received 5 Dec 2004St Edmunds Catholic Primary School Westgate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QG
Received 29 Jul 2021Oulton Broad Primary School Church Lane Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 3JN
Received 24 Jul 2023Beyton Middle School, Drinkstone Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 15 Apr 2009Red Lodge Primary School (The Pines), Kings Warren Business Park, Manor Wood, Red Lodge, IP28 8WG
Received 9 Feb 2018Rougham Primary School, Church Road, Rougham, Suffolk, IP30 3JJ
Received 2 Jun 2003Sir John Leman High School, Ringsfield Road
Received 24 Jan 2001Mobbs Way, Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3AL
Received 9 Dec 2010Foxhall Asphalt Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 21 Apr 2004Lakenheath Recycling Centre Brandon Road, Eriswell, Suffolk, IP27 9PS
Received 14 Dec 2017Barnham CEVC Primary School Mill Lane Barnham Suffolk IP24 2NG
Received 10 Feb 2021Greenways Recycling, Symonds Farm, Newmarket Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RE
Received 5 Oct 2017St Margaret's Primary, Church Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4JF
Received 12 Sept 2012Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 14 Oct 2010Land North of, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 1 Jun 2010Stradbroke Road Pumping Station, Land behind, 12, Stradbroke Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7HT
Received 28 Jun 2017Bacton Primary School, Tailors Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4LL
Received 3 Jun 2009Records 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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