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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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First Base Pupil Referral Unit, Raeburn Road, Ipswich
Received 16 Jun 2014Blundeston Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 8 Apr 2004All Saints Primary School, Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Received 2 Sept 2010Bungay Primary School, Wingfield Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA
Received 26 Apr 2006Sir John Leman High School, Ringsfield Road
Received 6 Sept 2006Rosehill Library, Tomline Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8DB
Received 27 Apr 2016Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP28 6HJ
Received 6 Sept 2003Pier Terrace, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0AB
Received 11 Jan 2013Carlton Colville Primary, Gisleham Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8DG
Received 10 Sept 2015Waldringfield Primary School, School Road, Waldringfield
Received 23 May 2000The Lake Lothing Third Crossing (Lowestoft)
Received 13 Aug 2020Land between Bramford Rd and Europa Way, (New Link Road) Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5BH
Received 19 May 2025Balloon Barn Farm Waste Transfer Station, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 25 Feb 200346 St Andrews Street (South), 46, St Andrews Street (South)
Received 1 Aug 2001Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PW
Received 9 Oct 2014Kirkley High School, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0UQ
Received 26 Sept 2000Heathlands Community Pre-School & Broke Hall Primary School, Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk, IP4 5XD
Received 14 Jul 2015Layham Quarry, Rands Road, Layham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Nov 2015Step Forward Industries, 8, Harvest Drive
Received 8 Apr 2003Honington Primary School, Malting Row, Honington, Suffolk, IP31 1RE
Received 30 Aug 20019-10, The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RS
Received 23 Sept 2015Saxmundham Middle School, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 18 Oct 1999Sir John Leman High School, Ringsfield Road
Received 14 Jun 2002Sudbury Upper School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NW
Received 14 Apr 2008Records 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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