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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hundon Primary School, North Street
Received 4 Jul 1999Orford Primary School, School Lane, Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 7 Mar 2005Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 19 Feb 2015Grove Primary School Academy, Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8RQ
Received 15 Nov 2006Land adjacent to Great Barton Primary School, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 4 Apr 2008Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk
Received 9 Jul 2007Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk
Received 1 Feb 2007Land at Needham Road, Stowmarket
Received 22 Jun 2021Elmswell Primary School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 25 Aug 2010Warren Special School, Clarkes Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8HT
Received 23 Mar 2011Gainsborough Library, Clapgate Lane (junction with Mildmay Road), Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0RL
Received 4 Jul 2008Abbots Green Community Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 6 Jul 2015Riverwalk Special School, South Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JZ
Received 2 Jan 2001Bentley Primary School, The Street, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2006Laureate Primary School, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Received 14 Feb 2011Worlingham Primary School, Rectory Lane, Worlingham
Received 3 Jun 200246, St Andrews Street (South), Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3PH
Received 26 Nov 2009Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 29 Jul 2010Land adjacent to Abbott's Green Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 14 Jul 2011King Edward VI Upper School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BH
Received 17 Jan 2016Mildenhall Household Waste Recycling Centre, Off A1065, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7JQ
Received 8 Mar 2016Paddocks Primary School, Rochfort Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0DL
Received 14 Feb 2011Kirkley High School, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0UQ
Received 16 Dec 2009Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 16 Jan 2001Records 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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