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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Noyes Farm, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 6 Apr 2004Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 3 Apr 2025Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RE
Received 29 Aug 2014Cavenham Asphalt Plant, Cavenham Road
Received 31 May 2000St Benet'S Primary School, Ringsfield Road, Beccles
Received 8 Jun 2007Suffolk New Academy, Mallard Way, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LR
Received 2 Jun 2004Leiston Primary School, King George'S Avenue, Leiston
Received 1 Dec 2009Kirkley High School, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0UQ
Received 4 May 2012Fire Station, Parkway ( North), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BA
Received 3 Mar 2015Viridor Landfill Site Bramford Road Great Blakenham Suffolk Ipswich IP6 0JX
Received 19 Oct 2020Hillside School, Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NN
Received 4 Mar 2000Wilby Primary School, Brundish Road, Wilby, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5LR
Received 16 Aug 2006Thurleston High School, Defoe Road, Ipswich
Received 14 Jan 2000(Boxford Suffolk Farms) Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NY
Received 30 Jul 2015Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 31 Jan 2002Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, IP5 1JG
Received 25 Feb 2009Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 May 2007Ravenswood Primary School, Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Jul 2015Grundisburgh Playgroup at Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh
Received 10 Sept 2010Former Uplands Middle School-, York Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NG
Received 8 Jun 2015V.C.Cooke, Ellough Road, Beccles, NR34 7TQ
Received 7 Nov 2022Colville House Youth Club, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9NB
Received 8 Jan 2009Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 27 Jun 2007Ipswich Academy, 9, Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP
Received 10 Sept 2013Records 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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