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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Mildenhall Depot, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 23 Jul 2012School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 13 Dec 2010Brandon Healthy Living Centre, Off Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 22 May 2008Barnard's Meadow, Barnard's Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2HF
Received 2 Jun 2010Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 28 Jun 2007Lime Kiln Farm Wangford Quarry Hill Road Wangford Suffolk NR34 8AR
Received 20 May 2019Holbrook Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 15 Jan 20035, Strasbourg Square, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0HR
Received 5 Feb 2009Houldsworth Valley Primary School-, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 5 Jan 2011Brookside Pr-School, Sheldrake Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LQ
Received 6 Nov 2001Brandon Country Park, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 10 Oct 2005Red Lodge Scrap Yard, The Carrops, Red Lodge, Suffolk
Received 9 Oct 2008Foxhall Landfill Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 17 Mar 2017Northfield St Nicholas Primary School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 22 Jul 2011Former Stowmarket Fire Station, Lockington Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1BQ
Received 14 Aug 2024St Louis Primary School, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA
Received 5 Nov 1999East Bergholt Primary School, School Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 26 Sept 2013Bungay Middle School, Hillside Road East, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1JS
Received 11 Jun 2012Wood Ley School, Lowry Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1UF
Received 24 Jul 2014Badwell Ash Primary School, The Street, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3DG
Received 4 Nov 2009Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Anson Way, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 9 Feb 2003Plum Tree Pre-School at Barrow Primary School, Church Road, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 18 Oct 2010Land off Station Road, Lakenheath IP27 9JE
Received 13 Jan 2025Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 26 May 2010Records 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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