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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hopton Primary School, Thelnetham Road, Hopton, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 2QY
Received 10 May 2000Pytches Road Primary School, Wilkinson Way, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 26 Jan 2004Bodney Farm Concrete Recycling Facility, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Jul 2004The Chalk Pits, Ipswich Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8EL
Received 17 Jun 2011Sir Peter Hall School Airfield Road Bury St Edmunds IP32 7PJ
Received 2 Mar 2022Stutton Primary School, Main Road, Stutton, Ipswich
Received 14 Nov 2001Clare Primary School, Erbury Place, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8PZ
Received 23 Mar 2005East Anglia ONE North Offshire Windfarm
Received 12 Mar 2025Little Angels Day Care, Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BJ
Received 18 Dec 2019Bedfield Primary School School Road Bedfield IP13 7EA
Received 10 Mar 2021Combs Ford Primary School, Glemsford Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2PN
Received 20 Jul 2016Barrow Primary School, Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Received 1 Sept 2006Snape County Primary School Church Road Snape IP17 1QG
Received 13 Aug 2021Barnham Primary School, Euston Road, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk
Received 13 May 2003Gallows Hill Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 5 Apr 2007Glade Academy Knappers Way Brandon Suffolk IP27 0DA
Received 5 Nov 2019Barton Mills Chalk Quarry, Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk., IP28 6BN
Received 30 Nov 2017Stowmarket High School, Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Received 22 Jul 2003Cross Green Farm Quarry, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 6 May 2000Sir John Lehman High School, Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk
Received 4 Apr 2001Ballingdon Bridge, Ballingdon Street
Received 8 Oct 2000Claydon High School & Sixth Form Centre, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0EG
Received 23 Jul 2012Halifax Primary School, Prince Of Wales Road, Ipswich
Received 13 Aug 2008Ingham Household Waste Recycling Centre, Thetford Road, Ingham
Received 8 Jul 2009Records 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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