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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Apr 2010Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 19 Feb 2003Howard Primary School, St Olaves Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RW
Received 7 Apr 2011Risby Waste Recycling And Composting Plant, Newmarket Road, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 3 Nov 2008The Glade Primary School, Knappers Way, Brandon
Received 26 Oct 2017Mildenhall College of Technology, Bury Road, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7HT
Received 4 Apr 2007Pitfield Butchers Road Kelsale Cum Carlton IP17 2PG
Received 7 Jun 2021Beccles Southern Relief Road Between A145 London Road and, B1127 Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 19 Apr 2016Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 1 Jun 2015Oulton Broad Primary School Church Lane Oulton Broad Lowestoft NR32 3JN
Received 7 Jul 2022Clifford Road Primary School, Clifford Road, Ipswich, IP4 1PJ
Received 28 Jun 2018Cavenham Heath Quarry Tuddenham Road Cavenham Suffolk IP28 6SE
Received 21 Dec 2023Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 9 Jan 2014Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 13 Sept 2010Thurlow Primary School, The Street, Little Thurlow, Suffolk
Received 9 Nov 2000Car Parking Area Rear of 3 To 7, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2DH
Received 26 Nov 2015Stonham Aspal Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6AF
Received 8 Jul 2002East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 16 Oct 2025Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road
Received 18 Oct 2004Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 27 Jul 2000Cedars Park Primary School, Pintail Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5FP
Received 17 Aug 2009Suffolk Record Office, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ
Received 16 Mar 2012Abbots Green Community Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 25 Nov 2009Barnham Primary School, Mill Lane, Barnham, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 2NG
Received 22 Jul 2020Records 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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