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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Tuddenham CEVCP School, Tuddenham St Mary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 22 Sept 2006Stradbroke CEVC Academy Primary School, Queen Street, Stradbroke, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5HH
Received 3 Sept 2012Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk
Received 14 Sept 2012Ravensmere Primary School, St Benedict's Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 3 Aug 2010Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 16 Dec 2003Lowestoft Waste Transfer Station, Haddenham Road
Received 15 Sept 1999Bentley Primary School, The Street, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Apr 2007The Kingsfield Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Received 8 Jul 2013Lakenheath Recycling Centre Brandon Road, Eriswell, Suffolk, IP27 9PS
Received 1 May 20183, Goddard Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5NP
Received 24 Aug 2010New Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8NJ
Received 15 Oct 2013Freeman Primary School-, Church Road, Stowupland, IP14 4BQ
Received 9 Feb 2016Great Whelnetham Sewage Treatment Works, Stanningfield Road, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 28 Mar 2011Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2004Holbrook Primary School, The Street, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2PZ
Received 23 Apr 2008Gipping House, Whittle Road, Ipswich, IP2 0HU,
Received 27 Jan 2026Brundon Lane Landfill Site, Brundon Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 12 Nov 2000Mid Suffolk Business Park Waste Transfer Station, Eye, Suffolk
Received 7 May 2008Claydon Primary School, Lancaster Way
Received 21 Sept 1999Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 30 Jan 2004Thurleston High School & Sixth Form Centre, Defoe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6SG
Received 12 Dec 2008Martlesham Beacon Hill Primary School, Black Tiles Lane, Martlesham
Received 21 Sept 201020 Bolton Lane (St Margaret's Primary School), Ipswich, IP4 2BT
Received 25 Nov 2013St Helen's Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2LT
Received 27 Jul 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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