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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 13 Dec 2004Orwell High School, Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 7 Feb 2005Holbrook Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 24 Apr 2003Thorington Quarry, Thorington, Suffolk
Received 15 Mar 2013Sebert Wood Primary School, Sebert Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7EG
Received 26 Jan 2015East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 13 May 2025P D Waters, 6, Harbour Road Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, NR32 3LX
Received 18 Apr 2007Building 1608 Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2TW
Received 11 Aug 2014East Bergholt Sewage Treatment Works, Flatford Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk
Received 2 Mar 2009Units 1 - 4, Great Whip Street, Suffolk, IP2 8EY
Received 6 Aug 2012Colneis Junior School, Colneis Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9HH
Received 11 Apr 2011Pipers Vale Primary School, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0EW
Received 10 Dec 2000Springfield Infants School, 11, Wesley Way, Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4PP
Received 18 Sept 2009St Margaret's Primary School, Ipswich Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1TS
Received 22 Mar 2013Anglian Water Cliff Quay Composting Site, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 Jul 2017Helmingham Academy Primary School, School Road, Helmingham
Received 24 Oct 2006Bentley Plants Ltd, Bergholt Road, Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2DQ
Received 12 May 2016Westbourne Sports College, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 11 Dec 2009Land to the North of Cyder House, Castle Hill, Aspall, Suffolk, IP14 6NZ
Received 22 Jun 2026Great Waldingfield Primary School, Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0RS
Received 15 May 2015Stonham Aspal Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6AF
Received 7 Jan 2011Shrubland Quarry, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Feb 2014Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 2 Jun 2001Horringer Court Middle School, Glastonbury Road
Received 2 May 2004Records 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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