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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Nacton Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 24 Sept 2010127, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1BB
Received 14 Feb 2013Sudbury Tudor Voluntary Controlled School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NL
Received 9 Jan 2013Kingsfleet Primary School, Ferry Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9LY
Received 13 Mar 2013Shrubland Quarry, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Feb 2013Red Hill Road Hadleigh, Red Hill Road
Received 29 Jan 2001Gainsborough Sports Community Centre, 5, Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP
Received 3 Jul 2013Brookside Pr-School, Sheldrake Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LQ
Received 17 Sept 2001Fen Park Primary School, Lovewell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 13 Jan 2014Waldringfield Quarry, Heath Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0BL
Received 16 Jan 2012Hardwick Middle School, Mayfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 7 May 2008Flixton Hall Farm Quarry, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 17 Mar 2009Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Herringswell Road, Barton Mills, Newmarket, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 5 Mar 2014Cockfield Primary School, Church Lane, Cockfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 17 Dec 2004Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 20 Feb 2009East Ipswich Waste Transfer Centre, Lytham Road, Ipswich
Received 17 Mar 2021Army Reserve Centre Yarmouth Road Ipswich IP1 4BH
Received 19 Aug 2021Bramford to Twinstead
Received 30 Apr 2026Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PY
Received 10 Jul 2014Yoxford Primary School, High Street, Yoxford, Suffolk, IP17 3EU
Received 4 Apr 2011Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 14 Aug 2008Causeway Pit, Undley Road, Lakenheath, Suffolk
Received 17 Feb 2009The Limes Primary School, Lime Avenue, Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3QG
Received 26 May 2017Chilton Airfield, Waldringfield aerodrome, GREAT WALDRINGFIELD, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 8 Nov 2013Records 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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