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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Nayland Primary School, Bear Street, Nayland
Received 24 Mar 2010Ilketshall St Lawrence Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Apr 2002St Joseph's Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6JP
Received 19 Jun 2008Carlton ColvilleFormer Primary School, 25, Church Lane, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8AY
Received 8 Aug 2017Westfield Primary School (Former), Manor Road, Haverhill
Received 9 May 2006Land to rear of Bardwell Hall, Bardwell Hall, Low Street, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 1AS
Received 10 Sept 2006Pytches Road Primary School, Wilkinson Way, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 1 Mar 2013Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 15 May 2009Hartismere High School, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk
Received 25 Jan 2008North Manor Bungalow Main Road Bramfield Suffolk IP19 9HT
Received 22 Feb 2022Sebert Wood Primary School, Sebert Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2004Stonham Aspal Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6AF
Received 6 Jun 2013Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 22 Oct 2012Swiss Centre, Scrivener Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 11 Dec 2008Great Welnetham Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Jul 2004Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich
Received 17 Nov 2009St Felix Primary School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 26 Oct 2007Edgar Sewter County Primary School, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk
Received 11 Nov 2014Wangford Common Covert, Wangford, Suffolk
Received 23 Jul 2007Copdock Primary School, School Hill, Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 Jun 2006Thomas Wolsey School, 642, Old Norwich Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6LU
Received 5 Mar 2013Land at the Denham Estate, Barrow Road, Denham, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 16 Nov 2009Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station and Associated Development Sites
Received 7 Aug 2025Lakenheath Primary School, Mill Road, Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 9DU
Received 25 Jul 2007Records 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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