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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 19 May 2000Cavenham Asphalt Plant, Cavenham Road
Received 25 May 2000Countryside Recycling Ltd, Parham Recycling Centre, Parham, Suffolk, IP13 9AF
Received 8 Mar 2012St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Oct 2012Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 15 Dec 2014Mellis Primary School, Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk
Received 20 Apr 2007Riverside Nursery, Canning Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 22 Dec 2008Blackbourne Middle School, Upthorpe Road, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2AW
Received 12 Jul 2005Dale Hall Primary School, Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4LX
Received 25 Jan 2000Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Anson Way, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TL
Received 29 Jul 2017Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 10 May 2012Stradbroke Library, Court House, Queens Street, Stradbroke, Suffolk, IP21 5HG
Received 27 Nov 2012West Row Primary School, Beeches Road, West Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8NY
Received 7 Jun 2011Priory School, Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BH
Received 11 Jan 2007Sybil Andrews Academy Rougham Tower Avenue Rougham IP32 7QB
Received 7 Aug 2024Worlington Concrete Plant, Worlington Road, Worlington
Received 20 Mar 2006Cavenham Quarry, Marston's Pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6SE
Received 5 Sept 2024Pot Kiln Primary School, Butt Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, CO10 0DS
Received 5 Mar 2014Henham Quarry, Henham, NR34 8AD
Received 23 Aug 2013St Louis Catholic Middle School, St Andrews Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 8 Jun 2007Clare Fire Station, Station Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 13 Nov 2006Thurlow Primary School, The Street, Little Thurlow, Suffolk
Received 13 Jul 2010Household Waste Recycling Centre, Foxhall, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 24 Feb 2000Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 28 Apr 2004Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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