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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Fornham Sewage Treatment Works, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 8 Aug 2001Gainsborough Library, Clapgate Lane (junction with Mildmay Road), Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0RL
Received 24 Jun 2009North Farm, Barnham Borrow Pit
Received 11 Jun 2012Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Jan 2011Lowestoft Sixth Form College, St Peters Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NB
Received 22 Feb 2011Ormiston Endeavour Academy Defoe Road Ipswich IP1 6SG
Received 14 Nov 2025Sexton's Manor Primary School, Greene Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3HG
Received 20 May 2016St Edmund's Primary School, St Mary'S Street, Bungay, Suffolk
Received 18 Mar 2008Whitehouse Community Primary School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, IP1 5JN
Received 14 Aug 2013Mason's Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 26 Apr 2006Anglian Water Service Ltd, Raeburn Road South, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0ET
Received 5 Aug 2011Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk., NR33 7DS
Received 26 Oct 2014Abbot's Green Academy Primary School, Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ
Received 7 May 2010Helmingham Academy Primary School, School Road, Helmingham
Received 8 Mar 2010Bures Primary School, Nayland Road, Bures St Mary, Bures, Suffolk
Received 1 Dec 2014Holton St Peter School Bungay Road Holton Suffolk IP19 8PL
Received 17 Apr 2023Saxmundham Middle School, Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Received 29 Feb 2008The Denes High School, Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Received 8 Jul 2002GREAT WALDINGFIELD C E V C PRIMARY SCHOOL, FOLLY ROAD, GREAT WALDINGFIELD, CO10 0RR
Received 28 Mar 2012Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
Received 28 Sept 2011Ringsfield Primary School, School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
Received 27 Apr 2011The Sea Breeze Children's Centre, 26, Beach Station Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2EY
Received 10 Dec 2008Stowupland High School, Church Road, Stowupland, IP14 4BQ
Received 14 Aug 2014Lackford Composting Facility, Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk-, IP28 6HJ
Received 29 Mar 2004Records 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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