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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Marine Licences, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 15 Nov 2010The Glade Primary School, Knappers Way, Brandon
Received 22 Aug 2000Helmingham Academy Primary School, School Road, Helmingham
Received 7 Jul 2009Ellough Waste Transfer Station, Anson Way, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TL
Received 6 Mar 2017Earlybirds Preschool at Ravensmere Primary School, St Benedict's Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9DE
Received 27 May 2010Elveden Primary School, London Road, Elveden, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 3TN
Received 17 May 2011East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 29 Jul 2025Pipers Vale Primary School, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0EW
Received 26 Sept 2001School Bungalow, Deben Avenue, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
Received 23 Apr 2010Foxhall Landfill Site, Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0HT
Received 11 Jun 2012Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
Received 20 Jan 2004Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 27 Jun 2016St Benedict's High School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RH
Received 14 Mar 2018Claydon Skips Ltd Land and Buildings at, Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, IP6 0JX
Received 9 Sept 2013Reydon Primary School, Jermyns Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2010Dell Primary School, Dell Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 9NU
Received 17 Feb 2014All Saints Academy Primary School, The Street, Lawshall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4QA
Received 19 Jun 2015Great Blakenham Waste Transfer Site, Site 2, Land off Addison Way, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 OSL
Received 19 Jan 2012The Limes Primary School, Lime Avenue, Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3QG
Received 27 Apr 2018Cherry Blossom Childrens Centre, East Bergholt Primary School, School Lane, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk, CO7 6SW
Received 10 Jun 2010Whatfield Primary School, Rectory Road, Whatfield, IP7 6QU
Received 16 Jan 2013Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Barham Ipswich IP6 0PB
Received 22 Aug 2023Land north of, Station Road, Lakenheath, Suffolk
Received 6 Jun 2016Blundeston Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 11 Dec 2009Records 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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