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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Old Forest Primary School., Market Hill, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 9 Aug 2011Alderwood PRU, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 Sept 2004Fairfield Road Primary School, Fairfield Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 1 Mar 2012King Edward VI Upper School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BH
Received 3 Sept 2015Village Rise Children's Centre, Blyford Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4PZ
Received 11 Jan 2008Ravenswood Children's Centre and Community Building, 103, Hening Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9QJ
Received 24 Sept 2010Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 29 Jun 2017Elmswell CP School Oxer Close Elmswell Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9UE
Received 20 May 2022Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 26 May 2006Great Welnetham Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 25 Mar 2004A & S Topsoils Ltd, Land off, Wildmere Lane, Holywell Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 8LT
Received 7 Jul 2010WITNESHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGH ROAD, WITNESHAM, IP6 9EX
Received 28 Jul 2010Bramford Primary School, Duckamere, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4AH
Received 26 Jul 2006Suffolk County Council Bungay Library, Wharton Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1EL.
Received 16 May 2024HARTEST PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE ROW, HARTEST, IP29 4DL
Received 20 Jul 2011St Felix Primary School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 26 Apr 2007Coldfair Green Primary School, Judith Avenue, Knodishall
Received 1 Nov 2010Northgate High School, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DL
Received 19 Mar 2010First Base Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich
Received 9 Mar 2002GUNTON CP SCHOOL, GAINSBOROUGH DRIVE, LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK, NR32 4LX
Received 8 Nov 2011Glemsford Primary School, Lion Road, Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 7RF
Received 2 Jun 2002The Lake Lothing Third Crossing (Lowestoft)
Received 13 Aug 2020Place Farm Primary School, Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Received 10 Jan 2003Kirkley High School, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0UQ
Received 26 Jun 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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