Understanding planning · 13 min read
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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Library Church Walk Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1EX
Received 24 Aug 2023Pakefield High School, London Road Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7AQ
Received 2 Mar 2015Land at, Steeles Road, Woolpit
Received 29 Aug 2013Hadleigh Fire station, Calais Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 19 May 2010Waveney Area Community Transport, Waveney Dock
Received 5 Jul 2004A12 Major Road Network Improvement Scheme, Seven Hills to Woods Lane, Suffolk.
Received 9 Jul 2024School House, Bridge Street, Bramfield, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9HZ
Received 14 Apr 2014Albert Pye Primary School, Frederick's Road
Received 7 Nov 2007Chelmondiston Primary School, Woodlands, Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 1 Feb 2006Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RE
Received 8 Apr 2016The Principal'S House, Kerrison, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 13 Aug 2002Fressingfield Primary, School Lane, Fressingfield, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5RU
Received 31 Jan 2012Ringshall Primary School, Ringshall, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2JD
Received 25 Apr 2017Foxhall Household Waste Recycling Centre Foxhall Road Foxhall IP10 0BG
Received 7 Sept 2020Claydon Pre School, Thornhill Road, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 29 Dec 2009Needham Market Middle School, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 26 Jun 2013East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 21 Nov 2025All Saints Primary School, Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Received 27 Nov 2009North Farm, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PF
Received 19 Apr 2016Clarence House, Stradbroke Road
Received 22 Nov 2000Blood Hill Closed landfill Site, Somersham Road, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4NN-
Received 25 Mar 2009Grove Primary School Academy, Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 8RQ
Received 1 Apr 2010Hartismere High School, Castle Way
Received 17 Aug 2001St Marys Catholic Primary School, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4EU
Received 21 Jun 2013Records 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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