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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Elmswell Primary School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 18 Mar 2014Land adjacent to Cavendish Primary school, The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8BA
Received 27 Nov 2012St Edmunds Catholic Primary School Westgate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QG
Received 4 Jun 2021Grove Primary School Academy, Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8RQ
Received 28 Jun 1999Old Forest Primary School., Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 7 May 2001Corton Primary School, The Street, Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 23 Aug 2011Aldeburgh Primary School, Park Road, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 12 Apr 2000Stoke By Nayland Primary School, School Street, Stoke by Nayland
Received 18 Mar 2008Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Lodge Lane Great Blakenham Ipswich IP6 0JE
Received 8 Jul 2019Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Jul 2018Alderwood Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2008Elizabeth House 10 Grange Road Beccles NR34 9NR
Received 10 Mar 2025Wind In The Willows, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Apr 2003Acton Primary School, Lambert Drive, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 14 Oct 2011Henham Quarry, Henham, Beccles, NR34 8AN
Received 21 Sept 2026Castle Hill Middle School, School Lane, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 20 Mar 2002St Margaret'S Primary School, Bolton Lane
Received 28 Sept 2001Clements Primary School, Clarendon Road
Received 11 Jul 2003Crawfords Academy CEVC Primary School, Green Road, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QZ
Received 3 Aug 1999Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 May 2008Countrystyle Recycling, PARHAM, IP13 9AF
Received 12 Jul 2011Levington Yacht Harbour Landfill Site, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 10 Mar 2003Houldsworth Valley County Primary School, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 26 Jan 2015Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 29 May 2025Records 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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