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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land between New Street and Fore Street within the, University of Suffolk Campus, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1LN
Received 6 Apr 2020Colville House Resource Centre, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 26 Feb 2003Bramford to Twinstead
Received 12 Aug 2026Samuel Ward Upper School & Technical College, Chalkstone Way, Haverhill
Received 17 Mar 2008Pakefield High School, Kilbourn Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7DS
Received 13 Jun 2014Ipswich Hospital, Woodbridge Road East
Received 17 Jul 2003East Anglian One North Offshore Wind Farm
Received 17 Mar 2025Hintlesham & Chattisham Primary School, George Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3NH
Received 15 Mar 2010Chilton Primary School, Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 10 Jul 2002Leiston Fire Station, King Georges Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4JX
Received 29 Sept 2017Clements Primary School, Greenfields Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8NJ
Received 18 Jul 2016Eye Sewage Treatment Works, Hoxne Road
Received 18 Feb 2002Folly Farm, Tattingstone, Suffolk, IP9 2NY
Received 14 Feb 2017The Albany Centre, Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SA
Received 18 Mar 2010The Play House, 34, Hall Farm Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 2 Sept 2010Walpole Learning Centre, Walpole Road, Cookley, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9AT
Received 26 Jul 2016214, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DH
Received 11 Feb 2016Abbots Green Community Primary School Airfield Road Bury St. Edmunds IP32 7PJ
Received 4 Feb 2019Haddiscoe Manor Sand Pit, Lodden Road, Haddiscoe
Received 22 Nov 2011Waldringfield Quarry, Heath Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0BL
Received 9 Oct 2017Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 15 Oct 2007Scaltback Middle School, Elizabeth Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0DJ
Received 30 May 2006Murrayside Centre, Nacton Road, Ipswich
Received 3 Nov 2003Indigo Waste Services Ltd Unit 6 Little Heath Barnham IP24 2SY
Received 4 Oct 2020Records 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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