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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Capel St Mary Primary School, The Street, Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 Oct 2009Old Warren House, Warren Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4QD
Received 3 Jan 2008Kesgrave Temporary Library, Ropes Drive
Received 9 Mar 2004Cavenham Quarry, Cavenham Road, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6SE
Received 9 Jul 2025Coldfair Green Primary School, Judith Avenue, Knodishall
Received 28 Apr 2000Deben High School, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 14 Mar 2013Creeting St Mary Primary School, All Saints Road, Creeting St. Mary, IP6 8NF
Received 21 May 2012Lowestoft Northern Relief Road Skylark Plots, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Received 26 Sept 2016Harbour Pupil Referral Unit (Horizon School) Saturn Close Lowestoft NR32 4TD
Received 21 Feb 2022Bentley Plants Ltd, Bergholt Road, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2DQ
Received 1 Nov 2016St Mary's Primary School, Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0DG
Received 16 Jun 2008Broke Hall Primary School, Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Oct 2002Great Waldingford C E V C Primary School, Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, CO10 0RR
Received 13 Jul 2012Stoke High School, Maidenhall Approach, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PL
Received 21 Oct 2009Rushmere Hall County Primary School, Lanark Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3EJ
Received 22 Dec 2014Nayland Fire Station, Bear Street, Nayland, CO6 4HY
Received 19 Aug 2009Northfield St Nicholas Primary School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 14 Apr 2010Bargate Farm, Bargate Lane, West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 8PS
Received 15 May 2013All Saints Middle School, Acton Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 24 Oct 2014Whitehouse Junior School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 9 Nov 2010School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 9 Mar 2015Scaltback Middle School Site, Elizabeth Way, Newmarket
Received 13 Sept 2017Stanton Primary School, Bury Lane, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2DE
Received 18 Jul 2013Shrubland Quarry, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Oct 2017Records 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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