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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hollow Road Farm, Hollow Road, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP31 1SJ
Received 24 Jul 2015Aldeburgh Brickworks (Off), Saxmundham Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Received 26 May 2011Bury Resource Centre, Hollow Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AY
Received 30 Jun 2016Brandon Sewage Treatment Works, Church Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 25 May 2011Stanton Primary School, Bury Lane, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2DE
Received 1 Mar 2007Eye Airfield and land adjoining the A140
Received 17 Dec 2018Broke Hall Primary School, Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2012Folly Farm Quarry Tattingstone Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2DB
Received 30 Aug 2024St Edmundsbury Primary School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BJ
Received 9 Nov 2015Northfield St Nicholas Primary School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 21 Jun 2011Hill Farm,, Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NY
Received 5 Sept 2013Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Dec 2001Beccles Library, Blyburgate, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 24 Sept 2008Charsfield Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 9 Jan 2009Cherry Blossom Childrens Centre, Hadleigh Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 28 Mar 2018Nayland Fire Station, Bear Street, Nayland, Suffolk
Received 13 Nov 2006PoplarsAcademy CP School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 23 Apr 2003Mellis Primary School, Yaxley Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8DY
Received 21 Jan 2009Great Waldingfield Primary School, Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0RS
Received 8 May 2017St Mary's Primary School, North Terrace, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7AB
Received 2 Apr 2008Rose Hill Community Primary School, Derby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8DL
Received 23 Apr 2002Davers Court, Shakers Lane
Received 7 Jun 2001Brockley Wood Quarry Land off A12 Belstead Ipswich IP8 3JS
Received 6 Aug 2025Bioganix Composting Plant, Silverlace Green, Parham
Received 21 Aug 2006Records 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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