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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Chilton Primary School, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 20 Jan 2012Bildeston Primary School Newberry Road Bildeston IP7 7ES
Received 17 Jan 2020Ashby House 44 Pakefield Road Lowestoft NR33 0HU
Received 20 Nov 2025Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures, Suffolk, CO8 5BX
Received 12 Oct 2012Kingsfleet Primary School, Ferry Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9LY
Received 25 Apr 2002Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, IP6 0JX
Received 28 Mar 2011Anglian Water, Cliff Quay Sewage Treatment works, Raeburn Road South, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 May 2010Snuff Box Farm, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Jul 2000Leiston High School, Seaward Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4BG
Received 4 Sept 2008Ickworth Park Primary School, Meadow Drive, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5SB
Received 2 Mar 2015Hillside School, Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NN
Received 19 Nov 2003Westfield Primary, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0BW
Received 22 Nov 2012Bardwell Primary School, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 1AD
Received 11 May 2016Hollesley Primary School, Hollesley, Suffolk
Received 9 Nov 2006Tudor Primary School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 8 Feb 2002Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 17 Jun 2015King Edward Iv High School, Grove Road
Received 21 Oct 2003Brampton Primary School, Southwold Road, Brampton, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8DW
Received 16 Aug 2002Whatfield Primary School, Rectory Road, Whatfield, IP7 6QU
Received 11 Mar 2014Flixton Park Quarry, Homersfield Road, Flixton West, NR35 1NN
Received 12 Dec 2025Sebert Wood Community Primary School, Sebert Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7EG
Received 18 Aug 2014Bungay Primary School, Wingfield Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA
Received 17 Feb 2014Lowestoft Library, Clapham Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1DR
Received 2 Mar 2017Land at Symonds Farm, Newmarket Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RE
Received 16 Oct 2014Records 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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