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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dale Hall Primary School, Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4LX
Received 17 Dec 2004Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EN
Received 3 Apr 2008Great Finborough Primary School, High Road, Great Finborough, IP14 3AQ
Received 31 Mar 2014Rose Hill Community Primary School, Derby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8DL
Received 17 Oct 2003Grundisburgh Primary School Alice Driver Road Grundisburgh IP13 6XH
Received 19 May 2023Helmingham Primary School, School Road, Helmingham, IP14 6EX
Received 27 Oct 2014The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich, IP2 9ER
Received 23 Mar 2015Foxborough Middle School, Foxborough Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 1 Jul 2002Parham Recycling Centre, Parham, Suffolk, IP13 9AF
Received 10 Aug 2010Woods Loke Academy Primary School, Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3EB
Received 25 Jul 2013School Bungalow, Lavenham Way, Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2BZ
Received 29 Mar 2017Hollow Road Farm, Hollow Road, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1SJ
Received 21 Dec 2015Shotley Academy Primary School, Main Road, Shotley, IP9 1NR
Received 30 Mar 2010Mildenhall College Academy, Mildenhall Hub, Sheldrick Way, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7JX.
Received 27 Feb 2025Stowmarket Middle School, Walnut Tree Walk
Received 26 Nov 2002Pannington Hall Estate, Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2BE
Received 29 Jul 2015The Dell Home For Older People, Nelson Way
Received 14 Aug 2003Hollesley Primary School, Hollesley, Suffolk
Received 24 Oct 2005East Anglia One North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 27 Jun 2024Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 Jun 2008Brockley Wood Quarry Land off A12 Belstead Ipswich IP8 3JS
Received 15 May 2026Coldfair Green Primary School, Judith Avenue, Knodishall
Received 28 Oct 1999Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 24 Dec 2004Gipping Court, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 20 Jul 2005Records 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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