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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hardwick Middle School, Mayfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 29 Oct 2012Wickham Market Primary School, Dallinghoo Road
Received 7 May 2001Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 31 Oct 2013Reydon Primary School, Jermyns Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 7 Oct 2013Tuddenham Primary School, High Street, Tuddenham, IP28 6SA
Received 16 Apr 2009Kirkley Middle School, Southwell Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 13 Sept 2007Thurston High School (Jigsaw Childrens Centre), Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 30 Jan 2009Great Barton VC Primary School, School Road, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2RJ
Received 27 Feb 2013Westgate Primary School, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 6 Sept 2003King Edward VI Upper School, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BH
Received 3 Sept 2015Britannia Primary School, Britannia Road, Ipswich
Received 4 Jun 2007Great Blakenham and Bramford Reed Bed project B1115,, Great Blakenham
Received 22 Oct 2010Blood Hill Quarry, Blood Hill
Received 24 May 2002Norton Primary School, School Close, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 6 May 2014Castle Hill Infant and Junior School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6QD
Received 21 Mar 2016Freeman Primary School-, Church Road, Stowupland, IP14 4BQ
Received 9 Feb 2016Sudbury Sewage Treatment Works, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Oct 2003Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 18 May 2004Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Barham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0EB
Received 16 Apr 2024Haverhill Waste Transfer Station Homefield Road Haverhill CB9 8QP
Received 9 Aug 2024Holywells High School, Lindbergh Road, Ipswich
Received 19 Mar 2008Larkshall Mill Wretham Norfolk IP24 1QY
Received 29 Mar 2022Viridor Landfill Site, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JX
Received 27 Jul 2015Earl Soham Primary School, The Street, Earl Soham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7SA
Received 3 Aug 2009Records 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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