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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Barnham Primary School, Mill Lane, Barnham, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 2NG
Received 2 Jun 2016Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 22 Nov 2017Greenways Recycling Ltd Newmarket Road Risby Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6RE
Received 10 Jul 2019Suffolk One, Scrivener Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Jul 2011Tudor Primary School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NL
Received 11 Dec 2012Bioganix Composting Plant, Silverlace Green, Parham
Received 13 Oct 2008Saxon House, Whittle Road, Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich
Received 7 Jul 2006Gipping Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 11 Apr 2007Rendlesham Academy Community Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2GF
Received 8 Apr 2005Brandon Sewage Treatment Works, Church Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 1 Aug 2011Bacton Primary School, Tailors Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4LL
Received 11 Jan 2010Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 18 Mar 2008Abbots Green Community Primary School Airfield Road Bury St. Edmunds IP32 7PJ
Received 30 Oct 2019Hillside Primary School, Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2007Ickworth Park Primary School, Meadow Drive, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5SB
Received 27 Apr 2015St. John's Primary School, Victory Road, Ipswich, IP4 4LE
Received 7 Oct 2013Roman Hill Primary School, Love Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NY
Received 8 Aug 2008Brockley Wood Quarry, Land off A12, Belstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3JS
Received 13 Feb 2026Hollesley Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Dec 2002Barham Quarry Plant Site Pesthouse Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0PF
Received 23 Mar 2022Bungay High School, Queens Road, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 18 Oct 1999Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX
Received 21 Feb 2025Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Sebert Wood Primary School, Sebert Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 26 Feb 2016Records 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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