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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 26 Jul 2012Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 21 Sept 2015Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RE
Received 4 Jan 2016Sybil Andrew's Academy, Rougham Tower Avenue, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7QB
Received 19 Jul 2018Woodbridge Fire Station, Theatre Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk., IP12 4NE
Received 8 Oct 2014St Jame'S Middle School, Vinefields
Received 28 May 2002Holbrook High School, Ipswich Road
Received 19 Jan 2001Waldringfield Primary School, School Road, Waldringfield
Received 18 Feb 2008Woodbridge Fire Station, Theatre Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk., IP12 4NE
Received 8 Jan 2015All Saints Academy Primary School, The Street, Lawshall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4QA
Received 17 Jan 2017Westgate Whirlybirds and Phoenix Playgroup, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 17 Jan 2016Folly Farm Quarry, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 18 Mar 2022West Row Primary School, Beeches Road, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 8NY
Received 7 Apr 2009Records Management Centre Gatacre Road Ipswich IP1 2LQ
Received 15 May 2024Moreton Hall Borrow Pit, Not Specified,, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 5 Apr 2006Brookside Pre-School, Sheldrake Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LQ
Received 23 Apr 2010Rushmere Hall Primary School, Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ
Received 2 May 2013Hadleigh Sewage Treatment Works, Layham Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2009Heathside School, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5SN
Received 6 Jan 2010Masons Landfill, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX.
Received 4 May 2023Dell Primary School, Dell Road
Received 27 May 1999Gallows Hill Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 26 Nov 2006Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 23 Aug 1999Moulton Primary School, Chippenham Road
Received 25 Mar 2004Records 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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