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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hadleigh High School, Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 23 Sept 2003Place Farm Primary School, Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF
Received 30 Sept 2010Sudbury Upper School, Tudor Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NW
Received 7 Nov 2003Great Cornard Upper & Technical College, Head Lane, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk
Received 22 Oct 2004Taylor House, 160, Norwich Road
Received 19 Dec 2000Former High School Reydon, Wangford Road
Received 28 Jun 2001ORFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, ORFORD, IP12 2LU
Received 26 Jul 2011Ipswich Academy, Brazier's Wood Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 21 Jun 2012Stepping Stones Pre-School, Rear of Exning Primary School, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Received 30 Jun 2016Mendham Primary School, Mendham, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 0NJ
Received 13 Oct 2011Felixstowe Library, Crescent Road
Received 12 Aug 2004Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Received 7 Mar 2014Sebert Wood Primary School, Sebert Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Received 20 Apr 2015Barley Brigg Farm Laxfield Road Stradbroke Eye IP21 5NQ
Received 27 Nov 2018Sidegate Primary School Academy, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Nov 1999Houldsworth Valley Community Primary School, Rowley drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Received 14 Feb 2007Whitehouse Primary School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 16 Nov 2015Bramford to Twinstead
Received 28 Jul 2026Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
Received 28 Feb 2011Mellis Primary School, Yaxley Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8DY
Received 6 May 2002Land adjacent to Power Station, Quay, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0BG
Received 29 Apr 2008Elmswell Primary School, Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
Received 27 Apr 2007Cavenham Heath Quarry Tuddenham Road Cavenham IP28 6SE
Received 9 Apr 2026Balloon Barn Farm, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6TY
Received 26 Jan 2015Records 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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