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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Worlingham Primary School, Rectory Lane, Worlingham
Received 18 Mar 2008Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 2 Jul 2025Cliff Quay Marine Landing Point, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 28 Apr 2010Westgate Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 8 Mar 2015Witnesham Primary School, High Road, Witnesham, Ipswich, IP6 9EX
Received 17 Feb 2011The Lake Lothing Third Crossing (Lowestoft)
Received 13 Aug 2020Riverwalk Special School, South Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JZ
Received 28 Mar 2007Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 20 Mar 2008Stowmarket High School, Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QR
Received 7 Aug 2026Tattingstone Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 30 Aug 2007St Felix Primary School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 28 Jul 2009Kingsfleet Primary School, Ferry Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9LY
Received 16 Nov 2015Great Finborough Primary School, High Road, Great Finborough, IP14 3AQ
Received 1 Sept 2016Northfield and Poplars Primary School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 3 Aug 2009Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8NJ
Received 22 Feb 2017The Wooden House Children's Centre, Lanark Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3EJ
Received 25 Feb 2009Worlingham Primary School, Rectory Lane, Worlingham
Received 26 Oct 2009Mellis Primary School, Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk
Received 2 Aug 2007Barnham Primary School, Euston Road, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk
Received 26 Jul 2016Bernard Matthews Ltd, Upper Holton, IP19 8NJ
Received 17 Mar 2014Westgate Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 15 Aug 2008Blyth River Gravel Quarry, Wenhaston, Suffolk
Received 30 Sept 2009Blyth River Gravel Quarry, Wenhaston, Suffolk
Received 1 Sept 2008Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 26 Nov 2010Records 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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