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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.
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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5,124 approved · 42 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pytches Road Primary School, Wilkinson Way, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Received 26 Jan 2004Kirby Cane Quarry, Yarmouth Road, Kirby Cane, Norfolk, NR35 2HU
Received 2 Apr 2013Haverhill Household Waste Recycling Centre, Off Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7UR
Received 15 Mar 2005Proposed B1115 Relief Road, Gipping Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Received 19 Jun 2008Monks Eleigh Primary School, Barking, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Apr 2003Copdock Primary School, School Hill, Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 3 Oct 2012Hopton CEVC Primary School, Thelnetham Road, Hopton, Diss, IP22 2QY.
Received 19 Jan 2023PoplarsAcademy CP School, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Received 6 Jan 20067 Kelvin Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 5EH
Received 1 Mar 2023Broke Hall Primary School, Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk
Received 29 Feb 2008Reydon Primary School, Jermyns Road
Received 24 Jun 2004Whitehouse Junior School, Marlow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5JN
Received 17 May 2011Masons Landfill, Bramford Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 0JX.
Received 14 Feb 2023Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX.
Received 22 Dec 2023St Alban's High School, Digby Road, Ipswich
Received 27 Nov 2002Grundisburgh Playgroup at Grundisburgh Primary School, Alice Driver Road, Grundisburgh
Received 30 Mar 2006Haverhill Household Waste Recycling Centre, Off Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7UR
Received 1 Sept 201636-46 St Helens Street, 36-46, St Helens Street
Received 20 Oct 1999Saxmundham Primary School, Brook Farm Road, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1XQ
Received 29 Nov 2006East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm
Received 16 Oct 2025Hill Farm, Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 5NY
Received 24 Jan 2014Holton St Peter School Bungay Road Holton Suffolk IP19 8PL
Received 21 Dec 2023Horringer Court Middle School Glastonbury Road Bury St Edmunds IP33 2EX
Received 19 Aug 2025Land to the north of Barrow Clump Farm, East of the B1106, Elveden, Suffolk.
Received 21 Oct 2025Records 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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