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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cooks Waste Kare Waste Transfer Station, Raeburn Road South
Received 8 Sept 200422 Newlands, 22, Newlands
Received 22 Nov 20043, Goddard Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5NP
Received 29 Jun 2009Somersham Primary School, Church Lane, Somersham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4PN
Received 16 Jul 2010Abbots Hall CP School, Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QF
Received 5 Oct 2015Felixstowe Fire Station, High Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9JA
Received 14 Oct 2016Wangford Quarry, Hill Road, Wangford, NR34 8AR
Received 23 Apr 2013Coupals Primary School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Received 22 Jul 2016Ticehurst Gravels, Maltsters-, Tostock, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk -
Received 15 Apr 2016Newmarket Children's Centre, Foley House, Wellington Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 OHY
Received 15 Jan 2008St Mary's Primary School, Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0DG
Received 16 Jan 2006Great Blakenham Highways Depot, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich
Received 20 Mar 2008Boston Lodge Youth Club, Boston Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1UG.
Received 1 Feb 2024The Play House, 34, Hall Farm Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1PJ
Received 29 Jan 2014Pipers House, 11, Bluestem Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RR
Received 30 Apr 2013Cliff Quay Water Recycling Centre, Raeburn Road South, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0ET.
Received 7 May 2021Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5HD
Received 5 Jul 2010Reydon Fire Station, Fountain Way, Reydon, Suffolk, IP18 6SZ
Received 8 Feb 2013Kingsfleet Primary School, Ferry Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9LY
Received 22 Jul 2016Land immediately north and east of boundary of recently completed social housing development (original permission SCC/0096/18IP), rear of 131-141 Lavenham Road, Ipswich IP2 0JX
Received 11 Mar 2021Land to the north of Thurston Community College, Ixworth Road, Thurston, IP31 3QE
Received 7 Jan 2026Gislingham Primary School, Broadfields Road, Gislingham, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8HX
Received 23 Apr 2013Barton Mills Quarry Chalk Hill Barton Mills Bury St Edmunds IP28 6BN
Received 12 Jun 2019County Upper School, Beetons Way
Received 5 Dec 2004Records 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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