Search for planning applications
Planning applications quick search (new
window)
Do a quick search to find out the progress of a planning
application or to find out what applications have been submitted in
your area or do a detailed search of over 44,000 applications and
appeals that are currently available online.
Online planning history - search by
address (new window)
View the planning history of land and property in the Suffolk
Coastal district since 1988 by entering an address or postcode into
the 'Search by address' search box.
Weekly lists of planning and tree
works applications
View weekly lists of
the applications received and determined by Suffolk Coastal.
Make a planning application
Submit a planning application online (new
window)
Submit planning applications to Suffolk Coastal online via the
Planning Portal.
Plans for planning applications - buy
online (new window)
Get official Ordnance Survey location and site plans designed for
planning permission, quickly and easily online.
Planning application forms and validation
checklists
Download the national standard planning application (1APP) forms
and the validation checklists we have produced to help you with
your application.
Do I need planning
permission?
Advice to help you to find out
whether planning permission is required.
How to apply for planning
permission
How to submit a planning application
and what happens next.
Planning and enforcement
appeals
How to appeal against planning decisions
and enforcement notices, how you can take part in planning and
enforcement appeals, and where you can find out about apppeals that
have been made or decided.
Development Control Sub-Committees
Development Control
Sub-Committees
Find out about the role of the Development Control
Sub-Committees, when they next meet and download lists of the
applications being considered at their meetings.
Development Control Sub-Committee minutes
and agendas (new window)
Search our database for Development Control Sub-Committee
agendas and minutes.
Other useful links
Suffolk Coastal Local
Plan.
The Local Plan sets out the Council's policies and proposals
for the development and use of land within the district and
includes detailed policies to guide planning decisions.
Supplementary Planning
Guidance
List of Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) documents with
links to downloadable versions.
Suffolk Coastal Local Development
Framework.
Find out about the new planning framework which will be a
‘route map’ for the development of the district to 2025
and beyond.
Geographic
Information System (GIS) online
Use our GIS to carry out address searches within the district and
view some of the map based information held by the Council,
including planning history from 1948 to the present day, Suffolk
Coastal Local Plan, conservation areas, town and parish boundaries.
You can also view historical maps of parts of the district and
aerial photography from 1999 and 2007.
Listed buildings online (new
window)
Search for listed buildings on the
Heritage Gateway website.
Building Regulations applications
online
Submit your Building Regulations
applications online.
Search for building control information
online
Search building control information from 2005 onwards and view
building control documents issued from April 2008
onwards.