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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Rendlesham Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Rendlesham, Suffolk, IP12 2GF
Received 13 Jan 2015Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 13 Nov 2002Gt Blakenham Paper Waste Transfer Site, Site 2, Land Off Addison Way, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0SL
Received 10 Apr 2008Beck Row Primary School, The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE
Received 28 Jun 2016Cavenham Quarry, Marstons pit, Cavenham Heath, Cavenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 9 Mar 2017Lawn Farm Quarry, Wetherden, Stowmarket, IP14 3JU
Received 22 Dec 2008Shotley Academy Primary School, Main Road, Shotley, IP9 1NR
Received 7 Jan 2010The Lindbergh Centre, Lindbergh Road, Ipswich
Received 11 Dec 2013Gisleham Brick & Pipe Works, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 May 2002Raeburn Infants School, Raeburn Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 Aug 1999Reydon Primary School, Jermyns Road, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 2 Feb 2011Cavenham Heath Quarry, Tuddenham Road, Cavenham, IP28 6SE
Received 18 Feb 2026Alexandra House, 67a, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JY
Received 24 Sept 2009Sudbury Upper School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NW
Received 12 May 2011Hadleigh Quarry Aldham Mill Hill Hadleigh IP7 6DL
Received 6 Nov 2019West Row Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 13 Oct 2000Mildenhall Fire Station, North Terrace
Received 29 Jan 2001Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk., NR33 7DS
Received 15 Aug 2014Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 7 Apr 2016Castle Hill Infants School, Dryden Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Sept 201142 St Helens Street, 42, St Helens Street
Received 4 Jun 1999Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP28 6HJ
Received 8 Dec 2003Rougham Airfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2QX
Received 15 Aug 2018Felixstowe Ferry Residential Centre, Ferry Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9RS
Received 4 Mar 2003Records 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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