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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Great Blakenham Energy from Waste Site, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0JE
Received 14 Apr 2014Foley House, Wellington Street, Newmarket, Suffolk
Received 4 Feb 2016Stanton Primary School, Bury Lane, Stanton, IP31 2DE
Received 2 Oct 2009St Felix Primary School, School Lane, Haverhill, Suffolk
Received 11 Mar 2008Beck Row Primary School, The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AE
Received 29 Oct 2001Melton County Primary School Melton Road Melton IP12 1PG
Received 21 Feb 2025Great Heath Primary School, St Johns Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Received 20 Jan 2012Red Lodge Primary School (The Pines), Kings Warren Business Park, Manor Wood, Red Lodge, IP28 8WG
Received 25 Jul 2017LaFarge Tarmac Asphalt Plant Site, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0BS
Received 16 Dec 2013Benacre Road Waste Transfer Station, Benacre Road, Ellough, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7TQ
Received 12 May 2004Hintlesham & Chattisham Primary School, George Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3NH
Received 10 Oct 2011Reydon Fire Station, Fountain Way, Reydon, Suffolk, IP18 6SZ
Received 31 May 2012Land and Premises at Building 4, Airfield Industrial Park, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7HU
Received 24 May 2006Land at Symonds Farm, Newmarket Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RE
Received 2 Jun 2014Stepping Stones Pre-School, Rear of Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 8 Jun 2012Barham Quarry Sandy Lane Barham Ipswich Suffolk
Received 18 Jun 2020Pakefield Primary School, London Road, Pakefield, Suffolk, NR33 7AQ
Received 1 Jul 2010Great Heath Primary School, Girton Close, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 7PT
Received 4 May 2016Pakefield Primary School, 82, London Road, Pakefield, NR33 7AQ
Received 19 Jan 2012Albert Pye Community Primary School, Fredericks Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL
Received 8 Jul 2011Westbridge Pupil Referral Unit, London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 16 Jul 2009Forest Academy, Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk
Received 21 Dec 2016Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Road, Ipswich
Received 25 Mar 2013Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station
Received 30 Apr 2024Records 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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