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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 6 Jun 2011Land North of Black Plantation, Hinderclay Lakes, Rickinghall Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 1HN
Received 6 May 2011St Alban's High School, Digby Road, Ipswich
Received 26 Nov 2010Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2016Land adjacent to Junction of Beyton Road, Tostock, Suffolk, IP30 9PH
Received 8 Jun 2017St Edmunds Primary School Hoxne, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Mar 2001Bramfield Primary School, Bridge Street, Bramfield, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9HZ
Received 2 Aug 2010Constantine House, 5, Constantine Road
Received 24 Nov 2004Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Mar 2003St Mary's Primary School, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ
Received 4 Jan 2010Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0NW
Received 19 Jul 2007Old prefab building, former Landfill Site, Bear's Pit, Bull Lane, Acton, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 13 Feb 2007Walsham Le Willows Primary School, Wattisfield Road
Received 27 Jan 2000Cavenham Quarry, Marston’s Pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6SE
Received 28 Apr 2020Stour Valley Free School, Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8PJ
Received 20 Jan 2012Sir Peter Hall SEMH School Moreton Hall Estate Bury St Edmunds IP32 7BY
Received 27 Jul 2022Forest Primary School, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0FP
Received 12 Nov 2012Cavenham Landfill Site, Tuddenham Road IP28 6DA
Received 14 Sept 1999Saxmundham Fire Station, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1DZ
Received 20 Oct 2016Hopton C of E VCP School, Thelnetham Road, Hopton, SUFFOLK, IP22 2QZ
Received 7 May 2013All Saints Primary School, The Street, Lawshall, IP29 4QA
Received 31 Mar 2015Carlton Colville Primary School Gisleham Road Carlton Colville NR33 8DG
Received 26 Aug 2020Wortham Long Green Primary School, Bury Road, Wortham, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2001Worlington Quarry, Bay Farm, Worlington, Suffolk, IP28 6BS.
Received 15 Aug 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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