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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Rendlesham Academy Community Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2GF
Received 13 Feb 2006Sudbury Upper School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NW
Received 7 Mar 2000The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 11 Nov 2002Cliff Lane Community Primary School, Cliff Lane, Ipswich, IP3 0PJ
Received 20 Jun 2012Beccles Household Waste Recycling Centre, Fen Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR4 9B
Received 28 May 2002Great Blakenham WTS, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0LX
Received 3 Jan 2008Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Sept 2008Indigo Waste Unit 6 Little Heath Barnham IP24 2SY
Received 31 Mar 2021Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EN
Received 24 Nov 2010Ketton Early Birds, Church Walk, kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7QZ
Received 30 Apr 2012Suffolk County Council Bungay Library Wharton Street Bungay Suffolk NR35 1EL
Received 24 Apr 2023Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 10 May 2000Great Whelnetham Primary School, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 6 Mar 2015Benhall Primary School, School Lane, Benhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1HE
Received 20 Apr 2015Bentley Primary School, The Street, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 14 Nov 2002Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6QF
Received 12 Jul 2011Brockley Wood Quarry Land off A12 Belstead Ipswich IP8 3JS
Received 29 Sept 2025The Crown Hotel, 28 Market Hill
Received 23 Jul 2002Flixton Quarry, Flixton Park, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NN
Received 16 Dec 2015Beccles Middle School, Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQ
Received 2 Feb 2005Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 1 Apr 2009Wells Hall Primary School, Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 4 Dec 2007SPROUGHTON VC PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE, SPROUGHTON, IP8 3BB
Received 26 Jan 2012Westgate Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 10 Dec 2007Records 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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