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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Botolphs VC Primary School Back Hills Botesdale Diss IP22 1DW
Received 16 May 2022Whitehouse Community Primary School Marlow Road Ipswich IP1 5JN
Received 4 Jan 2019St Matthews Primary School, Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2AX
Received 23 Dec 2009John Turner House, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EZ
Received 6 Jul 2004Debtrac Centre, Ipswich Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8DJ_
Received 17 Jun 2010Ormiston Endeavour Academy Defoe Road Ipswich IP1 6SG
Received 11 Aug 2026Stradbroke CEVC Academy Primary School, Queen Street, Stradbroke, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5HH
Received 6 May 2001St Alban's High School, Digby Road, Ipswich
Received 19 Aug 2003Bucklesham Quarry, Tenth Road, Bucklesham, IP10 0BP.
Received 10 Dec 2024Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RE
Received 29 Aug 2014Thurston Community College, Norton Road, Thurston, IP31 3PB
Received 28 Nov 2013Nayland Primary School, Bear Street, Nayland
Received 24 Oct 2005Bernard Matthews, Scalesbrook Lane, Holton, Suffolk, IP19 8NJ
Received 3 Aug 2015Benhall Sewage Treatment Works, Benhall Green, Aldecar Lane, IP17 1MN
Received 14 May 2007Progress Power Eye Airfield Ipswich Rd, Brome, Eye IP23 8AW
Received 30 Jun 2021Gissings Farm, South Green Road, Hoxne and Gissings Farm, Hoxne Road, Denham/Eye
Received 19 Jun 2006Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 11 Jul 2006Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Jun 2016Lowestoft Community Hub, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EZ
Received 17 Jun 2013Caterpillar Children's Centre, 7, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge
Received 12 May 2010Bungay Youth Centre, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 25 Sept 2015Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 18 Oct 2011Footbridge over River Lark, Adjacent to Jubilee Fields, Mildenhall
Received 11 Aug 2009Freeman Primary School-, Church Road, Stowupland, IP14 4BQ
Received 29 Nov 2016Records 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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