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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Barnard's Meadow, Barnard's Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2HF
Received 21 Jan 2010Thomas Wolsey School, 642, Old Norwich Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6LU
Received 25 Jan 2008Bramford to Twinstead
Received 4 Jun 2026Occold Academy Primary School, The Street, Occold, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7PL
Received 8 Nov 2006School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 12 Dec 2008Bentley Primary School, The Street, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 Apr 2002Ilketshall St Lawrence Primary School, Hogg Lane, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8ND
Received 17 Jan 2011Bentley Primary School, The Street, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 Feb 2014Colchester Road Fire Station, Colchester Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 Apr 2007Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 3 Jun 2008Sudbury Household Waste Recycling Centre, Sandy Lane, Sudbury, CO10 7HG
Received 27 May 2002Adnams Distribution Centre, Halesworth Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6SG
Received 2 Sept 2010Foxburrow Farm Landfill, Waldringfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 Jun 2009Riverwalk Hardwick Campus-, Mayfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PD
Received 18 Aug 2014SIR ROBERT HITCHAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL CORNER, DEBENHAM, IP14 6PL
Received 10 Aug 2012Worlingham Middle School, Garden Lane, Worlingham, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008Lowestoft Household Waste Recycling Centre, Haddenham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7NF
Received 9 Apr 2000Sexton's Manor Community Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG
Received 12 Aug 2014Easton Primary School, The Street, Easton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 13 Aug 2014Bramford to Twinstead
Received 12 Aug 2026St Mary's Primary School, Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0DG
Received 18 Apr 2000Land adjacent to Great Barton Primary School, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Nov 2007ST MARYS PRIMARY SCHOOL, BURKITT ROAD, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ
Received 20 Apr 2010Shrubland Quarry, Old Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9QW
Received 20 May 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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