Planning and Buildings

Contains pages dealing with planning applications, conservation and listed buildings and minerals and waste development.

The county council only determines planning applications relating to county council buildings, highways and minerals and waste development. 

To submit, view and comment on Planning Applications, please access SCC Planning Application System.

For information on all other planning applications please contact your district or borough council.

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Conservation and Listed Buildings

Information on conservation areas and listed building.

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Land Drainage

Land Drainage in Suffolk, including consenting for works affecting watercourses

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Local Monitoring & Enforcement Plan

Provides the policy framework for monitoring and enforcement for minerals and waste developments.

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Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Enterprise Zone

The county council is working with key partners to establish one of the UK’s 21 Enterprise Zones in the Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth area.

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Major Infrastructure Projects

Some planning applications are of national significance, and are determined by the Planning Inspectorate.

  1. Ipswich Chord
  2. Offshore Wind Energy
  3. Sizewell C
  4. Strategic Electricity Networks
  5. Explore Major Infrastructure Projects further

Minerals and Waste Development Framework

Provides the policy framework for determining minerals and waste planning applications.

  1. Annual Monitoring Reports
  2. Minerals Core Strategy DPD
  3. Minerals Specific Site Allocation DPD
  4. Statement of Community Involvement
  5. Suffolk Local Aggregates Assessment
  6. Sustainability Appraisal and SEA
  7. Waste Core Strategy DPD
  8. Explore Minerals and Waste Development Framework further

Planning Applications

Information on Planning Applications and Highways Consultations received by Suffolk County Council

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Planning Obligations

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Key Documents and Archive

This page hosts some useful information on planning in Suffolk.

  1. Structure Plan
  2. Explore Key Documents and Archive further

Spatial Planning

Spatial planning is the principle upon which the UK planning system operates.

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Suffolk Green Building Network

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Transport Planning

Information on the county council's local transport plan and other transport policies, projects and studies.

  1. Cycle City Ambition Grant
  2. Local Transport Plan
  3. Pinchpoint applications
  4. Transport Projects
  5. Transport Studies
  6. Explore Transport Planning further