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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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All Saints Primary School, The Street, Lawshall, IP29 4QA
Received 31 Jul 2015East Anglia Two Offshore Wind Farm
Received 4 Jan 2024Old Newton Primary School, School Road, Old Newton, IP14 4PJ
Received 14 Mar 2014Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 5 Dec 2013Depden Highways Depot, Depden, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 17 Mar 2009St John's Primary School, Victory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4LE
Received 18 Dec 2007Little Bears Pre- School at Tollgate Primary School, Tollgate Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 2 Feb 2011Parkway Middle School, Park Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 25 Jun 2003Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Orford Fire Station, Ipswich Road
Received 29 Nov 2002Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 29 Jan 2014Mendham Primary School, Mendham, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 0NJ
Received 10 Jul 2008Rose Hill Community Primary School, Derby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8DL
Received 29 Jun 2006Bealings Primary School, Little Bealings, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2003Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
Received 24 May 2010Rosehill Libary, Tomline Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8DB
Received 18 Apr 2017Stutton Church of England Academy Primary School, Holdbrook Road, Stutton, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2RY
Received 26 Jan 2011Abbots Hall CP School, Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QF
Received 23 Aug 2013Blundeston Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 8 Jun 2009Sprites Junior School, Stonechat Road, Ipswich
Received 13 Mar 2013Hampden House, Cats Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2SF
Received 11 May 2001Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 29 May 2002Grundisburgh Playgroup at Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh
Received 24 May 2013Parkway Cycleway, Springfield Road
Received 4 Feb 2002Records 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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