Understanding planning · 13 min read
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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Needham Road, New Fire and Police Station Stowmarket IP14 2QU
Received 17 Aug 2021Woolpit Primary School, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5SN
Received 26 Jun 2001Hadleigh Primary School, Station Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk
Received 4 Mar 2011Lowestoft Water Recycling Centre, Rackhams Corner, Corton, Suffolk, NR32 5LE
Received 20 Jul 2016Gipping Court, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Nov 2011Crowfoot Primary School, Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 5 Mar 2010Gunton Primary Academy, Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4LX
Received 26 Oct 2001The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich, IP2 9ER
Received 5 Mar 2014LAVENHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BARN STREET, LAVENHAM, CO10 9RB
Received 21 Sept 2012St Matthews Primary School, Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2AX
Received 9 May 2012Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks, Off Church Road, Gisleham, Lowestoft, NR33 8DS
Received 10 Oct 2016Whitton Primary School, Shakespeare Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 14 Jun 2005Lackford Waste Transfer Station, Hall Heath, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6HJ
Received 10 Jul 2006Ashley Downs Special School, Ashley Downs, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4EU
Received 10 Jun 2009Moreton Hall Borrow Pit, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Oct 2003Rattlesden Primary Academy, Rattlesden, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0SE
Received 26 Apr 2007Alexandria House (Bury Childrens Home), 67, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 21 Apr 2010St Mary'S Primary School, North Terrace
Received 12 Jan 2003Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 10 May 2010Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Barham Ipswich IP6 0PB
Received 26 Jan 2024Westgate Community Primary School Bungalow, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 29 Oct 2024Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks Brickworks Lane Gisleham Suffolk NR33 8DS
Received 30 May 2025East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 21 Nov 2025Kennett Hall Farm, Dane Hill, Kennett
Received 5 Dec 2011Records 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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