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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 25 Jul 2014Birchwood Primary school Valiant Way Martlesham IP5 3SP
Received 3 Oct 2025First Base PRU, 34, Ashley Downs, Lowestoft, NR32 4EX
Received 14 Dec 2007Risby End Of Life Vehicles Facility, Newmarket Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 20 Nov 2009Meadow CP School, Enstone Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0NE
Received 26 May 2010Orchard End, Mill Road
Received 9 Nov 2000Thurston Church Of England Primary Academy Pond Field Road Thurston IP31 3FT
Received 13 Jul 2026Blundeston Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 18 Mar 2008King Edward VI Upper School Grove Road Bury St. Edmunds IP33 3BH
Received 2 Oct 2018Bramford to Twinstead
Received 25 Aug 2026Sexton's Manor CP School, Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG
Received 7 Jun 2011Gazeley Primary School ( Mills Meadow PRU), Mill Road, Gazeley, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8RW
Received 10 Sept 2010Deben High Scool, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2001New Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Puddlebrook Playingfields, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 17 Mar 2010Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 25 Apr 2000Mildenhall Household Recycling Centre, C616, Off A1065, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7JQ
Received 29 Jan 2010Malting Farm, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 14 May 2010Great Waldingfield Waste Transfer Station, Great Waldingfield
Received 4 Mar 2008The Willows Primary School, Downing Close, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9ER
Received 11 Jun 2012Boxford (Suffolk) Farms, Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, Polstead, Colchester
Received 29 Jun 2012Scaltback Middle School, Elizabeth Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0DJ
Received 18 Mar 2008Wattisham Airbase, Wattisham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2010Barley Brigg Farm Laxfield Road Stradbroke IP21 5NQ
Received 10 Mar 2021Bramford to Twinstead
Received 6 Feb 2026Records 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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