Follow the links below to access the wide range of planning
information and services available online.
Find out about planning applications
Planning applications and appeals -
application 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 all the applications that are
currently available online.
Online planning history - search by
address (new window)
You can 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
applications
View weekly lists of the
applications received and determined by Suffolk Coastal.
Make a planning application
Making a planning application - important
changes
From 6 April 2008 the new National Standard Planning Application
Forms (1APP) replaced all existing planning application forms
(except minerals) in England and new validation guidance and
checklists for making planning applications were
introduced.
Do I need planning
permission?
Advice to help you to find out
whether planning permission is required.
The planning application
process
How to submit a planning application and
what happens next.
Submit a planning application online (new
window)
Submit planning applications to Suffolk Coastal online via the
Planning Portal.
Planning application
forms
Download planning application forms for printing and
submission.
Plans for planning applications - buy
online (new window)
Get official Ordnance Survey location and site plans designed for
planning permission, quickly and easily online.
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.
Useful links
Planning permission and development
control
Introduction to planning permission and development control with
contact details for the Planning Helpdesk.
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.
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.