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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008Broke Hall Primary School, Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 4 Jul 1999Fire Station, Barking Road, Needham Market, IP6 8ET
Received 25 Jun 2009Nayland Primary School, Bear Street, Nayland, CO6 4HZ
Received 12 Sept 2012Gisleham Brick & Pipeworks, Off Church Road, Gisleham, Lowestoft, NR33 8DS
Received 29 Jun 2016ST MARY'S PRIMARY SCHOOL, TRINITY AVENUE, MILDENHALL, IP28 7LR
Received 30 Mar 2010Little Elms Pre-School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 9 Mar 2011Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 May 2016Wickham Market Resource Centre, Chapel Lane, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 0SB
Received 8 Jul 2003Birchwood Primary School, Valiant Road, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 May 2014Kirkley Middle School, Southwell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 1 Aug 2006Otley Primary School, Chapel Road, Otley, IP6 9NT
Received 11 Nov 2009Suffolk Record Office, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ
Received 16 Jun 2017Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 7 Sept 2005Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1XQ
Received 7 Jun 2006Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Pakefield, NR33 7DS
Received 17 Mar 2014Boxford Primary School, Stone Street Road, Boxford, CO10 5NP
Received 28 Sept 2017Rushmere Hall Primary School, 20, Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ
Received 26 Jun 2018Westbourne Sports College, Marlow Road, Ipswich, IP1 5JN
Received 16 Nov 2012King Edward Iv High School, Grove Road
Received 21 Oct 2004Hartest Primary School, The Row, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4DL
Received 10 Oct 2007St Mark'S Primary School, Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Sept 2001Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Barham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0EB
Received 12 Apr 2022Bramford to Twinstead
Received 15 Dec 2025Records 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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