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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land East of New Road, Ampton, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1NX
Received 27 Aug 2026Great Thurlow Bridge, Great Thurlow, Suffolk
Received 16 Jul 2009Kesgrave Youth Club at Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Jul 2010Lawn Farm Quarry Wetherden Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3JU
Received 17 Nov 2022Trimley St Martin Primary School, Kirton Road
Received 21 Aug 2000Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011The Bridge School, Sprites Lane, Belstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3ND
Received 13 Aug 2014East Anglia One North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 24 Nov 2023Easton Primary School, The Street, Easton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 21 Jun 2012Bramford Primary School, Duckamere, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4AH
Received 7 Jun 2010Elmswell Community Primary School Oxer Close Elmswell Suffolk IP30 9UE
Received 30 Jun 2022Stonham Aspal Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6AF
Received 27 Apr 2007Foxhall Household Waste Recycling Centre, Foxhall Road, Foxhall, IP10 0BG.
Received 16 Jun 2022Ipswich Academy, 9, Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP
Received 21 Oct 2013St Mary'S Primary School, North Terrace
Received 15 Jan 2003Redwood Lodge, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1NH
Received 12 Jul 2011Miniwaste Ltd, Waste Transfer Site, Ten Tree Business Park, Chilton Airfield, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 8 Nov 2004Cliff Quay Sewage Treatment Works, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Dec 2010Claydon High School, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 2 Feb 2016Land at Riverside Road, Riverside Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0TQ
Received 24 Jul 2017Depden Highways Depot, Depden, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 30 Dec 2004Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RE
Received 19 Jul 2006Nursery Building, 33, Witney Close, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9QJ
Received 1 Jul 2009Sudbury Upper School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NW
Received 30 Jun 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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