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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Glade School, Knappers Way, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0DA
Received 4 Nov 2013Albert Pye Community Primary School, Fredericks Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL
Received 2 Aug 2011Kedington Academy Primary School, Church Walk, Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 1 Mar 2007Houldsworth Valley Primary School, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 24 Apr 2013Masons Landfill Site Bramford Road Great Blakenham IP6 0JX
Received 11 Feb 2025Virdor Waste Management, Wangford Landfill Site, Hill Road, Wangford, NR34 8AR
Received 18 Nov 2014The Court House, Queensway
Received 14 Jan 2002Caretakers Bungalow Gusford Primary School, Sheldrake Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Jul 2002Land at The Folly Ingham Culford Bury St Edmunds IP28 6TY
Received 17 Jun 2020Wangford Quarry, Hill Road, Wangford, NR34 8AR
Received 10 Jun 2015The Bridge School, Sprites Lane, Belstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3ND
Received 28 Sept 2015Land at Riverside Road, Riverside Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0TQ
Received 15 Feb 2017Gipping Road, Gipping Road
Received 18 Feb 2003Old Newton Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 15 Jul 2015Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 12 Dec 2008Poplar Farm Tannington Road Worlingworth Suffolk IP13 7LR
Received 28 Sept 2022St Botolphs Primary School Back Hills Botesdale IP22 1DW
Received 29 Jul 2022Thorndon Primary School, The Street, Suffolk, Suffolk, IP23 7JR
Received 15 Jul 2015Dell Primary School, Dell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 9 Feb 2012Grange Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 15 Nov 2007Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 14 May 2026Barham Quarry, Sandy Lane, Barham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0PB
Received 21 Mar 2018Flixton Park Quarry, Flixton Park, Bungay, NR35 1NN
Received 12 Dec 2025All Saints Academy Primary School, Framlingham Road, Laxfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 8HD
Received 22 May 2001Records 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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