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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Beck Row Pre-School, Lamble Close, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8AF
Received 12 Feb 2016The Allotments, Ballingdon Street
Received 29 Jul 2004Tattingstone Primary School Church Road Tattingstone IP9 2NA
Received 8 Jan 2019Bosmere Primary School (Childrens Centre), 33, Quinton Road, Needham Market, IP6 8DA
Received 31 Mar 2009Eyke Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 1 Mar 2007The Pit Wyken Road Stanton Bury St Edmunds IP31 2DP
Received 19 Jun 2019Charsfield Primary School, Church Road, Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5AX
Received 5 Sept 2005Oulton Broad Primary School, Christmas Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 3JX
Received 19 May 2017Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
Received 18 Jan 2007Stonham Aspal Primary School, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6AF
Received 29 Jan 2008LONG MELFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL, CORDELL ROAD, LONG MELFORD, CO10 9ED
Received 7 Jun 2013Westhouse Farm, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 10 Mar 2002Land adj to Ticehurst Farm (Ticehurst Gravels Ltd) Tostock Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, IP30 9PH
Received 2 Nov 2011Little Elms Pre-School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 3 Aug 2009Stowupland High School Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket IP14 4BQ
Received 15 Feb 2022Ravenswood Community Primary School, Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9RZ
Received 27 Jan 2010Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 11 Jul 2005Waldringfield Quarry, Waldingfield Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 2 Nov 2003Suffolk New Academy, Mallard Way, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 9LR
Received 15 Sept 2008Houldsworth Valley Primary School-, Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 25 Feb 2014Blackshore Quay, Southwold, Suffolk
Received 12 Aug 2011Bardwell School House, School Lane, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 12 Aug 2008Haverhill Community Education Centre, Camps Road
Received 21 Jan 2005Sexton's Manor CP School, Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG
Received 18 Jul 2008Records 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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