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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land south east of Masons Landfill, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, IP6 0JX.
Received 26 Sept 2023Kersey Primary School, Church Hill
Received 11 Apr 2003Chantry Academy Mallard Way Ipswich IP2 9LR
Received 18 May 2021Sinks Pit Main Road Kesgrave Ipswich IP5 2PE
Received 28 May 2019ICKWORTH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, MEADOW DRIVE, HORRINGER, IP29 5SB
Received 9 Nov 2010Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 8 Feb 2000Portman Walk Household Waste Recycling Centre, Portman Walk, Ipswich, IP1 2DW
Received 24 Apr 2013Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP60JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Carlton Colville Primary, Gisleham Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8DG
Received 9 Jun 2015Bedfield Primary School, Bedfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7EA
Received 12 May 2006Pot Kiln Primary School, Butt Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, CO10 0DS
Received 1 Aug 2016Pot Kiln Primary School, Butt Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 19 Nov 2008Fornham All Saints Sewage Treatment Works, Fornham St Genevieve, Suffolk
Received 16 Jul 2013Melton Highways Depot, Dock Lane, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 2 Jul 2015Wortham Long Green Primary School, Wortham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 1PX
Received 22 Mar 2007Cliff Quay Sewage Treatment Works, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 31 Aug 2000Bramford to Twinstead
Received 27 Aug 2026King Edward VIth Upper School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 5 Feb 2007Eye Library, 6, Cross Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7AB
Received 10 Jul 2018Eye Water Recycling Centre, Hoxne Road, Eye, Suffolk
Received 20 Oct 2015Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich
Received 13 Nov 2014Foxhall Asphalt Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 28 Mar 2014Eye Library 6 Cross Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AB
Received 14 Jan 2019Shrubland Quarry, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Feb 2013Records 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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