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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gislingham Primary School, Broadfields Road, Gislingham, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8HX
Received 3 Dec 2001Elmswell Community Primary School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 17 Oct 2012Henley Primary School, Ashbocking Road
Received 31 Dec 2002Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 27 Sept 2010The Glade Primary School, Knappers Way, Brandon
Received 4 Oct 2000Rushmere Hall Primary School, Lanark Road, Ipswich
Received 12 Mar 2008Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 7 Nov 2007Stoke by Nayland Primary School, School Street, Stoke by Nayland, CO6 4QY
Received 9 Dec 2009Norgray, High Street, Wangford
Received 4 Nov 2013Land Adjacent to Bernard Matthews, Upper Holton, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8NJ
Received 15 Feb 2012All Saints Academy Primary School, Framlingham Road, Laxfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 8HD
Received 15 Sept 2004Chilton Grove, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Aug 2002Grundisburgh Playgroup at Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh
Received 29 Jan 2001Holbrook Primary School, The Street, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2PZ
Received 30 Jun 2006East Ipswich Waste Transfer Centre, Lytham Road, Ipswich, IP3 9BF
Received 20 Dec 2019Old Newton Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 26 Feb 2002Knettishall Heath Country Park, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 12 Mar 2003Rushmere Hall Primary School, Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ
Received 23 Mar 2015MSV Homes Ltd, 30, Gardenia Close, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2GX
Received 8 Mar 2013Glemsford Primary School, Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Received 9 Apr 2003Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 10 Nov 2022Great Blakenham Energy from Waste, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 6 Dec 2022Whitehouse Business Centre, Whitehouse Road
Received 3 May 2004Land off Creeting Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 8 Apr 2005Records 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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