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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ranelagh Primary School, St Paul'S Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 18 May 2007Hampden House, Cats Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2SF
Received 29 Oct 1999Land To The West Of Ixworth Road Thurston IP31 3QE
Received 3 Oct 2023Little Wonders Pre School, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, CB9 0LB
Received 22 May 2017Stradbroke CEVC Academy Primary School, Queen Street, Stradbroke, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5HH
Received 24 Jan 2003Suffolk County Council, 3, Goddard Road, Ipswich, IP1 5NP
Received 28 Oct 2013Riverwalk Special School, South Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JZ
Received 2 Dec 2005Bramford to Twinstead
Received 3 Jun 2025Bawdsey Primary School, School Lane, Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 31 Aug 2012Gipping Court, Constantine Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 9 Jul 2008Great Barton Primary School, School Road, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2RJ
Received 30 Sept 2005Crowfoot Primary School, Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 15 Jul 2003Meadow CP School, Enstone Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0NE
Received 4 Apr 2005Grundisburgh Playgroup at Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh
Received 18 Mar 2008Tudor Primary School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2003Stowmarket High School, Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Received 29 Jun 2009Contract Farm, Elveden, Thetford
Received 21 Jun 2018Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 22 May 2000Wrentham Sewage Treatment Works, Golden Square Lane Off Southwold Road, Wrentham, Suffolk, NR34 7JF
Received 30 Aug 2012Proposed B1115 Relief Road, Gipping Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 20 May 2005Great Whelnetham Sewage Treatment Works, Stanningfield Road, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 15 Jul 2011Dale Hall Primary School, Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4LX
Received 14 Mar 2018Lancaster Business Park, Bury Road, Chedburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4UQ
Received 26 Jan 2009Capel St Mary Youth Club, The Street, Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 14 Mar 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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