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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Thorndon Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 22 Oct 2003Harpers Hill Farm Harpers Hill Nayland With Wissington CO6 4NT
Received 4 Dec 2019Lowestoft Household Waste Recycling Centre, Haddenham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7NF
Received 25 Oct 2017Foley House Wellington Street Newmarket CB8 0HY
Received 18 Dec 2020Ranelagh Primary School, St Paul'S Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 31 Jul 2007Blood Hill Quarry, Blood Hill
Received 28 Aug 2002Layham Quarry, Popes Green Lane
Received 5 Aug 2000Risby Waste Recycling And Composting Plant, Newmarket Road, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 3 Nov 2008Fornham Park Landfill, Fornham St Genevieve, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Sept 2005Martlesham Beacon Hill Primary School, Black Tiles Lane, Martlesham
Received 24 Nov 2005St Mary's Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4BA
Received 10 Jul 2012Worlington Quarry, Bay Farm, Worlington, Suffolk, IP28 6BS
Received 3 Jul 2015Cliff Lane Community Primary School, Cliff Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0PJ
Received 28 Jun 2006Glade School, Knappers Way, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0DA
Received 24 Feb 2014Thorington Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 10 Nov 2000Bucklesham Primary School, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0AX
Received 25 Jun 2009Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Lodge Lane Great Blakenham Ipswich IP6 0JE
Received 4 Feb 2022Lowestoft Community Hub, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EZ
Received 25 Mar 2013Ravenswood Children's Centre and Community Building, 103, Hening Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9QJ
Received 2 Jul 2009All Saints Academy Primary School, Framlingham Road, Laxfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 8HD
Received 13 Oct 2008Bridleway between Forest Road and Chilton Way, Onehouse, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 10 May 2012Land between New Street and Fore Street within the, University of Suffolk Campus, Ipswich, Suffolk., IP4 1LN
Received 18 Nov 2019Thurston Under Fives, Church Road, Thurston, Suffolk, IP31 3TH
Received 13 Oct 2010Hadleigh High School, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 Jun 2011Records 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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