Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Norfolk County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Fakenham Community Centre, Oak Street, Fakenham
Received Not publishedFakenham College, Highfield House, Wells Road
Received Not publishedFieldview Cottage & land at rear,Norwich Road, Besthorpe
Received Not publishedUnits 8 & 9, Denny Road, Hardwick Industrial Estate, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedBuilding 1051, Texas Avenue, Tattersett Business Park, Tattersett, Norfolk NR21 7RG
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Landfill Site, Little Hautbois Road
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Site, Mill Drove, Blackborough End, Norfolk PE32 1SW
Received Not publishedFormer Railway Cutting ,
Received Not publishedDrake Infant School & Nursery, Fairfields, Off Croxton Road, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1JW
Received Not publishedLand off Edward Benefer Way, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedAylsham Police Station/Highways Office, Gashouse Hill, Aylsham
Received Not publishedSt Margaret's House, St Margaret's Place, King's Lynn, PE3 5DR
Received Not publishedEast Coast Waste Ltd, Euro-Centre Industrial Estate, North River Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 1TE
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill, Oaklands Gravel Pit, Common Road, Aldeby
Received Not publishedHarpley C of E Primary School, School Lane
Received Not publishedWicken Quarry, Leziate
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (northern site), Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand to the North of Chaplin Road, Bradwell, NR31 9XW
Received Not publishedAshcroft Farm, Crimplesham
Received Not publishedLyng Pit, Easthaugh
Received Not publishedLand adj to Garage ,The Street Norton Subcourse ,
Received Not publishedThe Street, Bridgham, Thetford, NR16 2SA
Received Not publishedSwanton Morley Quarry, Billingford.
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road, Holt, NR25 6SR
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Norfolk County Council, 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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