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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Received 22 Jul 2013Sextons Manor Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG
Received 12 Dec 2014Stowmarket Household Waste Recycling Centre, Old Bury Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1JQ
Received 11 Sept 2014King Edward Iv High School, Grove Road
Received 7 Sept 2002St Edmundsbury Primary School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 25 Apr 2016Crowfoot Primary School, Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 19 Jun 2001Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 14 Feb 2011The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 18 Mar 2008Samuel Ward Upper School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 23 Oct 2006Ticehurst Gravels, Maltsters, Tostock, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9PH
Received 26 Nov 2014The Cangle Primary School, Chapple Drive, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0DU
Received 22 Sept 2009Lothingland Middle School, Church Lane, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 13 Apr 2000Great Blakenham WTS, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 1 Mar 2004Combs Middle School, Lavenham Way, Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 30 May 2014Place Farm School, Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Received 24 Apr 2013Rougham Industrial Estate, Chapman Close, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9NE
Received 4 Aug 2008Fressingfield C of E V C Academy School, School Lane, Fressingfield, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5RU
Received 21 Jul 2009Great Blakenham and Bramford Reed Bed project B1115,, Great Blakenham
Received 2 Jun 2010Withersfield Footbridge-, Church Street, Withersfield, Suffolk, CB9 7SG
Received 2 Sept 2013Langer Primary School, Langer Road, Felixstowe
Received 6 Jul 2009Old Forest Primary School, Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 8 May 2012St Edmund's Primary School, St Mary'S Street, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 27 Jun 2007Blood Hill Closed landfill Site, Somersham Road, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4NN-
Received 15 Jul 2005Landmark House, Whitehouse Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Dec 2011Records 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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