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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 19 Nov 2025Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX
Received 18 Mar 2008Thurleston High School, Defoe Road, Ipswich
Received 5 Sept 2008Colneis Junior School, Colneis Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9HH
Received 25 Jan 2008Thurlow Primary School, The Street, Thurlow, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 9DJ
Received 15 Oct 2009Eye Airfield and land adjoining the A140
Received 20 Jul 2020Ormiston Endeavour Academy (Former Thurleston High School), Defoe Road, Ipswich, IP1 6SG
Received 22 May 2007Harpers Hill Farm, Harpers Hill, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4NT
Received 28 Feb 2017Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 9 Sept 2008Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 9 Nov 2006Redwood Lodge, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1NH
Received 5 Jan 2011Rendlesham Community Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, Suffolk, IP12 2GF
Received 29 Apr 2016St Edmund's Primary School, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QG
Received 18 Jun 2015Stoke High School, Maidenhall Approach, Ipswich, IP2 8PL
Received 3 Jan 2013Beccles Business Park, B And B Skips Limited Anson Way Worlingham NR34 7TJ
Received 6 Nov 2019East Anglia Three Offshore Windfarm
Received 24 Jul 2020Land at Cavenham Quarry, Cavenham Road, Tuddenham, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6SE
Received 9 Jan 2025Samuel Ward Upper School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 20 May 2008Barham Picnic Site, Pesthouse Lane
Received 17 May 2002St. Josephs Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1JP
Received 26 Nov 2014Wenhaston Pre School, Wenhaston Primary School, Hall Road, Wenhaston, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9EP
Received 4 Jun 200830, Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 7DB
Received 21 Jun 2010Suffolk New Academy, Mallard Way, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LR
Received 5 Jun 2006Land adj to Ticehurst Farm (Ticehurst Gravels Ltd) Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, IP30 9PH
Received 29 Oct 2008Records 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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