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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hillside Primary School, Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, IP2 8NU
Received 7 May 2013Bungay Middle School, Hillside Road East, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1JS
Received 18 Jan 2012Barley Brigg Farm Laxfield Road Stradbroke Suffolk IP21 5NQ
Received 23 Dec 2019Eye Power Station,, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7DH
Received 8 Feb 201618/19, Maitland Road, Red Lion Industrial Estate, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8NS
Received 17 Mar 2008Endeavour House, 8, Russell Road
Received 27 Jan 2005Tattingstone Landfiill Site, Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Suffolk
Received 15 Oct 2008St Louis Middle School, St Andrews Street South, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 31 May 2000Felixstowe Opportunity Playgroup, Maidstone Road
Received 2 Jul 2003East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm
Received 14 Mar 2025St Mary's Primary School, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ
Received 30 Jul 2010County Hall, St Helens Street
Received 13 Apr 2000West Suffolk PDC, Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX
Received 16 May 2008Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 May 2008Hadleigh Primary School, Station Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk
Received 21 May 2009Aldeburgh Primary School, Park Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5EU
Received 26 Oct 2010Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 27 Apr 2011Cliff Quay, Cliff Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0PG
Received 26 Oct 2010Place Farm Primary School, Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Received 16 Apr 2010Meadow View Farm, Earl Stonham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 21 Sept 2009GREAT WALDINGFIELD C E V C PRIMARY SCHOOL, FOLLY ROAD, GREAT WALDINGFIELD, CO10 0RR
Received 7 Nov 2011Buttons & Bows Pre School, Aster Road
Received 14 Aug 2003Land at Barham Railhead and Depot, Barham
Received 23 Sept 2026Peasenhall Primary School, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 8 Feb 2016Records 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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