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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Waldringfield Quarry Brightwell Ipswich IP10 0BL
Received 24 Jan 2019Stoke High School, Maidenhall Approach, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PL
Received 22 May 2008Occold Academy Primary School, The Street, Occold, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7PL
Received 15 Jul 2011Land Adjacent to Bernard Matthews, Upper Holton, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8NJ
Received 9 Nov 2012West Bank Terminal, Brett Aggregates Ipswich Wharf Operation, Wherstead Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8NB.
Received 13 Oct 2022Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 31 Mar 2006Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6BN
Received 19 Dec 2007Parham Waste Transfer Station, Silverlace Green, Parham, Suffolk
Received 13 Mar 2000Helmingham Primary School, School Road, Helmingham, IP14 6EX
Received 13 Jun 2012Great Heath Primary School, Girton Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7PT
Received 9 Feb 2016St Mark's Primary School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, IP2 9HN
Received 18 Mar 2015Risby Poor's Heath, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 8 Dec 2003The Oaks Primary School, Aster Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0NR
Received 22 Jul 2009Stone Lodge Community Centre, Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Sept 2002Ickworth Park Primary School, Meadow Drive, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5SB
Received 26 Jan 2000Oulton Broad Primary School, Christmas Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3JX
Received 19 Sept 2017Great Barton Primary School, School Road, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2RJ
Received 26 Aug 2008Great Blakenham Waste Transfer Station, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 9 Mar 2016R & D Construction Depot, Summer Road, Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk, IP31 3AJ
Received 4 Oct 2010Ipswich Academy, Brazier's Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Apr 2013Bernard Matthews Ltd, Upper Holton, IP19 8NJ
Received 28 May 2014New Cycle Bridge, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 8 Oct 2009Abbots Green Community Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 11 May 2015The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 9 Dec 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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