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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 13 Apr 2011High Suffolk Family Hub, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, IP14 6BL.
Received 6 Mar 2026Amenity Land off Lavenham Road Ipswich IP2 0JX
Received 16 Nov 2020Norton Primary School, School Close, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 1 Dec 2004Brooklands Primary School Palfrey Heights Brantham CO11 1TU
Received 18 May 2021Springfield Junior School, Kitchener Road, Ipswich, IP14DT
Received 9 Dec 2009Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Anson Way, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TL
Received 2 Sept 2016Hintlesham And Chattisham Primary School, George Street, Hintlesham
Received 18 May 2011St Mary's Primary School, Trinity Avenue, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 1 Aug 2011Northgate High School, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DL
Received 1 Sept 2003Rushmere Hall Primary School, Lanark Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 May 2004Barton Mills Chalk Quarry Chalk Hill Barton Mills Suffolk IP28 6BN
Received 22 Jul 2019Layham Quarry, Rands Road, Layham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 14 Nov 2012Holton St Peter Primary School, Bungay Road, Holton, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 29 Apr 2016Houldsworth Valley Primary School, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 9 Nov 2016Suffolk County Council Endeavour House, 8, Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX
Received 15 Dec 2014East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm
Received 12 Mar 2025Brampton Primary School, Southwold Road, Brampton, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8DW
Received 12 Aug 1999Bull Lane Industrial Estate, Bull Lane
Received 2 Feb 2004Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 10 May 2011Samuel Ward, Arts and Technology College, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, CB9 0LD
Received 17 Jul 2006Fairfield Primary School, High Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 11 Apr 2006Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 29 Oct 2024Lakenheath New Primary School, Station Road, Lakenheath
Received 2 Mar 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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