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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Felixstowe Academy (Orwell High School), Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9EF
Received 12 Aug 2011Thorndon Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2001St Pancras Primary School, Stratford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Nov 2012Ellough Industrial Estate, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 31 Jan 2013Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 6 Jul 2015Abbots Hall Primary School, Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 12 Jun 2017Wetheringsett Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 Oct 2001The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 9 Jul 2004Grove Primary School Academy, Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8RQ
Received 3 Nov 2009County Hall, St Helens Street
Received 27 Aug 2002B And B Skips Limited Beccles Business Park, Anson Way Worlingham NR34 7TJ
Received 20 Aug 2021Chelmondiston Primary School, Woodlands, Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Jul 2009Heather House Main Road Martlesham Heath Martlesham Suffolk IP5 3QX
Received 28 Oct 2022218 Hawthorn Drive, 218, Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 14 Oct 2003Foxhall Asphalt Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 8 Mar 2010East Bergholt High School, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6RJ
Received 22 Nov 2000School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 16 Feb 2015Sextons Manor Community Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG
Received 22 Oct 2008Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 12 Jun 2007Rendlesham Academy Community Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 2GF
Received 17 Mar 2009Household Waste & Recycling Centre, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Haddenham Road, Gisleham, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 18 Oct 2005Pipers Vale Primary School, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0EW
Received 18 Nov 2005The Willows Primary School, 48, Downing Close, Ipswich
Received 17 Nov 2016Bramford Primary School Duckamere Bramford Ipswich IP8 4AH
Received 23 Jan 2020Records 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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