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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 Broads Authority. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
49 approved · 2 refused · 2 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Dec 2024 to 14 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Broads Authority — Article 4 Directions · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0. © Broads Authority 2017. Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] 2017.
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Broadlands Residential Home Borrow Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 3PW
Received 15 Jul 2026Waters Edge Ferry View Estate Horning Norfolk NR12 8PT
Received 17 Jul 2026Broads Authority Information Centre Station Road Hoveton Norfolk NR12 8UR
Received 17 Jul 2026Waveney Inn And River Centre Staithe Road Burgh St Peter Norfolk NR34 0DE
Received 17 Jul 2026Waveney Inn And River Centre Staithe Road Burgh St Peter Norfolk NR34 0DE
Received 21 Jul 2026Manor House Tunstall Road Halvergate Norfolk NR13 3FD
Received 23 Jul 2026The Old Boat Yard Hall Road Barton Turf Norfolk NR12 8AR
Received 20 Jul 2026Marsh House Hall Road Barton Turf Norfolk NR12 8AR
Received 28 Jul 2026Woodland Known As Mautby Lakes To East And West Of Mautby Lane Mautby
Received 30 Jul 202638 Riverside Estate Brundall Norwich Norfolk NR13 5PU
Received 30 Jul 2026Malthouse Cottage Broad Road Ranworth Norwich Norfolk NR13 6HS
Received 29 Jul 2026Fenside Horsefen Road Ludham Norfolk NR29 5QG
Received 3 Aug 2026Bridge Stores Main Road A1064 Acle Bridge Fleggburgh Norfolk NR13 3AT
Received 4 Aug 2026Laurel 15 Hartwell Road Wroxham Norwich Norfolk NR12 8TL
Received 4 Aug 2026The Pines Horsefen Road Ludham Norfolk NR29 5QG
Received 7 Aug 2026Pleasure Boat Inn Staithe Road Hickling Norfolk NR12 0YW
Received 4 Aug 2026The Old House Broad Road Ranworth Norfolk NR13 6HS
Received 11 Aug 2026Mill Reach Staithe Road Bungay Suffolk NR35 1EU
Received 13 Aug 2026Land South Of Cold Harbour Road Irstead Hall Farms Ludham NR29 5NT
Received 14 Aug 2026Carrow Works King Street Norwich Norfolk
Received 12 Aug 20261 Mill Hill Cottages Mill Hill Bramerton Norfolk NR14 7EN
Received 17 Aug 2026Land North Of Beccles Road Carlton Colville Suffolk
Received 17 Aug 2026Worlingham Marshes Nature Reserve Marsh Lane Worlingham Beccles NR34 7PF
Received 20 Aug 2026Worlingham Marshes Beccles
Received 21 Aug 2026Records 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 Broads Authority, 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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