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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Henham Quarry Henham Suffolk NR34 8AN
Received 14 Jul 2023Aldeburgh Waste Water Treatment Centre, Leiston Road
Received 18 Jun 2004Leiston Primary School, King George'S Avenue, Leiston
Received 8 May 2003Great Cornard Upper School, Head Lane, Great Cornard, CO10 0JU
Received 2 Jul 2008Cavenham Quarry Marston's Pit Cavenham Heath Cavenham Bury St. Edmunds IP28 6SE
Received 8 Dec 2021Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 18 May 2017ROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DL
Received 12 Dec 2011Virdor Waste Management, Wangford Landfill Site, Hill Road, Wangford, NR34 8AR
Received 16 Dec 2016Thurston Church of England Primary Academy, Pond Field Road, Thurston, Suffolk, IP31 3FT
Received 14 Feb 2025Anglia Bus Depot, Ley Plant, Sandpit Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TH.
Received 15 Oct 2021Gislingham Primary School, Broadfields Road, Gislingham, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8HX
Received 8 May 201549 Kingsland Shotley Ipswich IP9 1ND
Received 16 Dec 2022Wangford Landfill Site, Mardle Road, Wangford, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2005Charsfield Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 20 Feb 2003St Joseph's Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1JR
Received 17 May 2013Tudor Primary School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 24 Mar 2005Lackford Transfer Station, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6HJ
Received 27 Feb 2002Benhall Primary School, School Lane, Benhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1HE
Received 11 Nov 2014Westfield Primary School (Former), Manor Road, Haverhill
Received 12 Mar 2010Red Lodge Waste Transfer Station, Green Lane, The Carrops, Red Lodge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8LD
Received 12 Jan 2011Worlington Quarry Bay Farm, Worlington, Suffolk, IP28 6BS
Received 11 Jul 2017Stanton Primary School, Bury Lane, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2DE
Received 2 Sept 2004St. Edmunds Catholic Primary School Westgate Street Bury St. Edmunds IP33 1QG
Received 30 Nov 2021Cavenham Quarry, Marston's Pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 6SE
Received 20 May 2024Records 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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