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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Mildenhall Highways Depot, Thetford Road, Ingham
Received 8 Oct 2001Roman Hill Middle School, Avondale Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NX
Received 12 Oct 2016(Boxford Suffolk Farms) Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NY
Received 25 May 2016Normanshurst Fire Station, Normanston Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2QA
Received 12 Mar 2010Westgate Community Primary School Brooklands Close Bury St Edmunds IP33 3JX
Received 3 Sept 2019Ravenswood Children's Centre and Community Building, 103, Hening Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9QJ
Received 16 Mar 2009Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 31 Jul 2018Ferngate, Main Road, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 8 Jun 2004Brandon Country Park, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 27 Mar 2007Wells Hall Primary School, Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 5 Feb 2003Coupals Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 21 Oct 2016Reydon Primary School, Jermyns Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 18 Jan 2011County Upper School, Beetons Way
Received 15 Oct 2003Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
Received 27 Apr 2015Hampden House, Cats Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2SF
Received 31 Mar 201119-21 Neptune Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1QJ
Received 31 Jan 2020Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011ST EDMUNDS PRIMARY SCHOOL, HECKFIELD GREEN, HOXNE, IP21 5AD
Received 13 Sept 2011Land adjacent to Sinks Pit, Hall Road, Little Bealings, Ipswich
Received 8 Feb 2018Corton Primary School, The Street, Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 24 Jan 2001Riverside Nursery, Canning Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 7 Jul 2010Mellis Primary School, Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk
Received 17 Jul 2006Pannington Hall Estate, Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2BE
Received 26 Jul 2010Hollesley Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Jul 2002Records 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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