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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Park Farm Quarry Ingham, Thetford Road, Ingham
Received 29 Mar 2005Park Farm Quarry Ingham, Thetford Road, Ingham
Received 22 Jun 2011Colville House Resource Centre, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 9 Aug 2003Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 23 Jun 2025Rushmere Hall Primary School, Lanark Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Apr 2013Landmark House, Whitehouse Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Jul 2011Fraser House, 23, Museum Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1HN
Received 18 Jul 2014St Edmunds Primary School Hoxne, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Dec 2001St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 8 Aug 2018Mason's Landfill, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 28 Apr 2009Gislingham C E Primary School, Broadfields Road, Gislingham, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8HX
Received 29 Jul 2011Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Barton Mills, Newmarket, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 29 Sept 2014Building 1608 Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2TW
Received 19 Jan 2015Bucklesham Quarry, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Mar 2000St Edmundsbury Primary School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3BJ
Received 23 Mar 2015Hollesley Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Jun 2003Unit 7 West Area Farthing Industrial Estate, Farthing Road, Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Oct 2013Bucklesham Quarry, Redhouse Farm, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 Dec 2016Poplar Farm, Bedfield Road, Worlingworth, Woodbridge, IP13 7LR
Received 9 Sept 2019Pakefield Primary School, London Road, Pakefield, Suffolk, NR33 7AQ
Received 3 Aug 2009Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, School Corner, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6PL
Received 6 Jul 2007Buttrums Mill Car Park, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ
Received 29 Jan 2009Carlton Colville Primary, Gisleham Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8DG
Received 8 Jun 2010Blood Hill Closed landfill Site, Somersham Road, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4NN-
Received 12 May 2014Records 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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