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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hadleigh Quarry, Peyton Hall Farm, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 6DL
Received 10 Aug 2017St Botolph's Primary School, Back Hills, Botesdale, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 1DW
Received 5 Sept 2005Thomas Mills High School Academy, Saxtead Road, Framlingham, IP13 9HE
Received 13 Mar 2009Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 11 Jan 2011Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Road, Ipswich
Received 25 Feb 2003Charsfield Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 11 Jan 2010Bramford to Twinstead
Received 12 Aug 2026Aldeburgh Waste Water Treatment Centre, Leiston Road
Received 19 Dec 2002Mobbs Way, Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3AL
Received 15 Nov 2010Stoke by Nayland Primary School, School Street, Stoke by Nayland, CO6 4QY
Received 16 Feb 2012127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 27 Jan 2012Gisleham Middle School, Gisleham Road
Received 19 Feb 2008Suffolk County Highways, Dock Lane, Melton, IP12 1PE
Received 28 Oct 2013Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Barton Mills, Newmarket, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 9 Nov 2011Carlton ColvilleFormer Primary School, 25, Church Lane, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8AY
Received 15 Nov 1999St Matthews Primary School, Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2AX
Received 28 Apr 2014Great Heath Primary School, St Johns Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 16 Sept 2011Pakefield High School, London Road Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7AQ
Received 20 Apr 2015The Esplanade, Lowestoft, Suffolk., NR33 0AP
Received 19 Jul 2013Palgrave Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 Apr 2004Chilton Leys New Primary School (Grace Cook Primary) Fuller Way Stowmarket IP14 1WB
Received 29 Jul 2022Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Ipswich, Suffolk., IP28 6BF
Received 15 Nov 2017LONG MELFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL, CORDELL ROAD, LONG MELFORD, CO10 9ED
Received 11 Jul 2012Ley Plant, Sandpit Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TH
Received 1 Feb 2018Records 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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