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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Car Parking Area Rear of 3 To 7, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2DH
Received 7 Nov 2016Cavenham Heath Quarry, Tuddenham Road, Cavenham, Suffolk, IP28 6SE
Received 27 Mar 2026Sinks Pit, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2PE.
Received 2 Aug 2023Parham Recycling Centre, Parham, Suffolk, IP13 9AF
Received 12 May 2009Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 0JX
Received 7 Aug 2013Stowupland High School Church Road Stowupland IP14 4BQ
Received 7 Jun 2019Wortham Long Green Primary School, Bury Road, Wortham, Suffolk
Received 3 Aug 1999Roman Hill Primary School, Love Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NY
Received 27 May 2005Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 Aug 2009Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 25 Jun 2003Evelyn Fison House, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 19 Apr 2001Mellis Primary School, Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk
Received 28 Jun 2007County Hall, St Helens Street
Received 9 May 2000Warren Special School, Clarkes Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8HT
Received 11 Jan 2000Palgrave Primary School, The Green, Palgrave, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 1AG
Received 27 Jun 2008(Boxford Suffolk Farms) Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NY
Received 11 Jul 2014Building 1608 Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2TW
Received 25 Apr 2017Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham
Received 8 May 2012Land at Masons Landfill Site, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX.
Received 28 Nov 2023Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk
Received 2 Jul 2008Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, IP13 9EP
Received 20 Jan 2009Land at Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2DB
Received 4 Apr 2023Causeway Pit, Undley Road, Lakenheath, Suffolk
Received 19 Nov 2013County Buildings Street Farm Road Saxmundham IP17 1AL
Received 11 Feb 2019Records 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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