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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ravenswood Community Primary School, Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RZ
Received 16 Jun 2006Ferry Residential Centre, Ferry Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Received 18 May 2005Gt Blakenham Paper Waste Transfer Site, Site 2, Land Off Addison Way, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0SL
Received 2 Aug 2007New Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RX
Received 20 Aug 2009Elveden Primary School, London Road, Elveden, Thetford, Suffolk, IP24 3TN
Received 25 Jul 2011Lakenheath Recycling Centre Brandon Road, Eriswell, Suffolk, IP27 9PS
Received 21 Dec 2016Peasenhall Primary School, Hackney Road, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 9 Nov 2006Hintlesham And Chattisham Primary School, George Street, Hintlesham
Received 2 Jun 2003Rob Hall Farm Landfill Site, Walsham Road
Received 13 Jun 2001Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
Received 25 Jun 2007Bramford CEVC Primary School Duckamere Bramford Ipswich IP8 4AH
Received 23 Oct 2019Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 Jul 2004Leiston Household Waste Recycling Centre, Lovers Lane, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4UJ
Received 1 Sept 2016Saxon House, 1 Whittle Rd, Hadleigh Road Ind Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0JB
Received 9 Mar 2012Lowestoft Bus/Train Interchange, Denmark Road, Lowestoft
Received 10 Oct 2012Tartan House, Etna Road
Received 10 Apr 2000Balloon Barn Farm, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6TY
Received 18 Nov 2011Sizewell B Dry Fuel Store, Sizewell, Leiston, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2013Sinks Pit, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PE
Received 11 Oct 2016Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave, IP5 1JG
Received 26 Jan 2012Chestnut House, The Vinefields, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 5 Nov 2008Lackford Transfer Station, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6HJ
Received 9 Aug 2010Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 18 May 2017Chilton Leys New Primary School Fuller Way Stowmarket IP14 1WB
Received 6 Oct 2020Records 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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