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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Christophers Hall, St Christophers Pupil Referral Unit, Renfrew Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3GH
Received 8 May 2006Hadleigh Household Waste Recycling Centre, Crockatt Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 6RD
Received 17 Oct 2016Bury St Edmunds Library, Sargents Walk, St Andrews Street North, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1TZ
Received 2 Sept 2009Brampton Primary School, Southwold Road, Brampton, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8DW
Received 7 Oct 2013Woodhall Primary School, Mayflower Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1ST
Received 24 Mar 2015Tuddenham Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2004Combs Ford Primary School, Glemsford Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2PN
Received 9 Dec 2010Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 9 Feb 20118, Wrights Way, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9TY
Received 21 Sept 2004Abbots Hall Primary School, Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 24 Jan 2017Gallows Hill Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 30 Dec 1999Bramford Quarry, Loraine Way
Received 14 Sept 1999St Edmund's Catholic Primary School, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QG
Received 9 Apr 2003Birchwood Primary School 1 Valiant Road Martlesham Heath Martlesham Ipswich IP5 3SP
Received 21 Feb 2024Great Blakenham Waste Transfer Site, Site 2, Land off Addison Way, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 OSL
Received 19 Jan 2012Thorington Quarry, Thorington, Suffolk
Received 25 Feb 2010Eyke Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 16 Feb 2005Norton VC School, School Close, Norton, IP31 3LZ
Received 17 Dec 2012Riverside Middle School, Wamil Way
Received 28 Nov 2001Sinks Pit, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk IP5 2PE.
Received 29 Mar 2016Felixstowe Fire Station, High Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9JA
Received 27 May 2016Kelsale Primary School, Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2NP
Received 10 Apr 2015Land adj to Ticehurst Farm (Ticehurst Gravels Ltd) Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, IP30 9PH
Received 2 Nov 2011Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 25 May 2001Records 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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