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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stanton Primary School, Bury Lane, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2DE
Received 25 Oct 1999St Helen's Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2LT
Received 1 Nov 2011Leiston Primary School, King Georges Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4JQ
Received 20 Apr 2009Great Heath Primary School, Girton Close, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 7PT
Received 15 Dec 2016Sudbury Upper School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NW
Received 15 Mar 2007Balloon Barn Farm Waste Transfer Station, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 Sept 2001Ellough, Benacre Road, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TQ
Received 11 Dec 2017Dale Hall Primary School, Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4LX
Received 11 Nov 2016The Kingsfield Centre, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1SZ
Received 18 Mar 2008Corton Primary School, The Street, Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 8 Dec 2010Lodge Works, Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 31 Aug 2007Kedington Academy Primary School, Church Walk, Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008Sproughton Primary School, Church Lane, Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 3 Nov 2003Woodley School, Lowry Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1UF
Received 27 Jan 2014Haybrow, Station Road, Bacton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4NJ
Received 16 Jul 2012Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 19 Aug 2004Brockley Wood Quarry, Land off A12, Belstead, Ipswich, IP8 3JS
Received 3 Jun 2026Cliff Quay Marine Landing Point, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Dec 2008All Saints Academy Primary School, The Street, Lawshall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4QA
Received 20 Jul 2015Kirkley Middle School, Southwell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 21 Dec 2006Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 20 Sept 2011Cavendish Primary School, The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8BA
Received 22 Jun 2009Chilton Estate, Chilton, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 30 Jan 2007Felixstowe Household Waste Recycling Centre, Carr Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 1 Sept 2016Records 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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