Suffolk County Council is responsible for
determining planning applications for:
- mineral extraction;
- waste management facilities; and
- its own development, for example, new roads, schools and fire
stations.
It also provides highways advice to District
Councils, developers and members of the public on planning
applications and other proposals which affect the public
highway.
Submitting Planning Applications
County Council development & Waste
Management facilities applications
All County Council development and Waste
Management facilities applications are submitted on the
National Application form or online at
www.planningportal.gov.uk.
Planning application forms can be downloaded from the
Planning Portal.
To assist with online applications the below step-by-step Guides
have been created:
Guide for County Council development applications (PDF, 1.49
Mb)
Guide for Waste Management facilities applications (PDF 1.63
Mb)
Minerals Applications
Minerals applications can be submitted using the
Suffolk County Council Minerals Application form (PDF,
47.8 Kb) or through
Suffolk County
Council Online Planning Applications System.
To assist with Minerals online applications a
Guide for Minerals Applications (PDF, 0.98 Mb) is
available.
National and Local Validation
Requirements
The Government has introduced new rules for the validation of
planning applications. For an application to be valid and processed
by the County Council, applicants will have to submit a minimum
level of information with their applications.
The National and Local Validation Requirements to be used when
submitting an application are below:
National Planning Validation Requirements (PDF, 411 Kb)
Local Planning Validation Requirements (PDF, 655 Kb)
Viewing submitted Planning
Applications
Please visit the
Suffolk County Council Online Planning
Application system to:
-
See details of current or determined
applications; or
-
To comment on current applications
electronically. Search for the application on which you want to
make representations then click 'submit comments about this
application’;
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See all applications on which the county
council has been consulted as Highway Authority.
Please note: Where decision notices are
displayed, they may not be signed or dated, as they are imported
directly from the Planning Register system. However, they do still
constitute the formal decision of the Planning Authority.
Related Pages
Documents relating to Development Section
Minerals
and Waste Planning
Suffolk Local Transport Plan
Communities and Local
Government
East of England Regional
Assembly
Planning Officers
Society
Planning
Inspectorate
Specification for estate roads
Suffolk Design Guide for Residential Areas
Review