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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Brandon Country Park, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 29 Mar 2005Chestnut House, The Vinefields, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 23 Mar 2009Felixstowe Household Waste Recycling Centre, Carr Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 29 Jan 2010Sir John Leman High School, Ringsfield Road
Received 15 Feb 2001Unit C, 26, Beach Station Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 17 Sept 2007St Joseph's Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6JP
Received 1 May 2007Stour Valley Community School, Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8PJ
Received 5 Oct 2012Norton Primary School, School Close, Norton, IP31 3LZ
Received 24 Apr 2013Mellis Primary School, Yaxley Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8DY
Received 25 Mar 2004Wade House, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 17 Mar 2010Westley Middle School, Oliver Road
Received 18 Aug 2003Grange Primary School, Grange Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 19 Oct 2007Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 5 Jul 2011Hardwick Primary School, Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PW
Received 8 Feb 2016Boxford Sewage Treatment Works, Wash Lane, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 25 Feb 2009Land off Station Road (New Primary School) Lakenheath, IP27 9JE
Received 16 Oct 2025Cliff Lane Primary School, Cliff Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 30 Jul 2008Elm Tree Middle School, Ranworth Avenue
Received 23 Jun 199946 St Andrews Street (South), 46, St Andrews Street (South)
Received 29 Nov 2000Lakenheath Recycling Centre Brandon Road, Eriswell, Suffolk, IP27 9PS
Received 12 Nov 2012Barnard's Meadow, Barnard's Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2HF
Received 5 May 2010Lackford Transfer Station, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6HJ
Received 16 Mar 2004Land at Ipswich Port, West Bank Terminal, Ipswich
Received 12 Feb 2014Blackbourne Middle School, Upthorpe Road, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2AW
Received 7 Dec 2015Records 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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