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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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3 De Havilland Road, Dereham
Received Not publishedOld Carstone Pit ,Off East Winch Road Blackborough End ,Middleton
Received Not publishedCarrstone Quarry, to the East of Common Road, Snettisham
Received Not publishedCostessey Junior School, Three Mile Lane
Received Not published116 Sandy Lane
Received Not publishedBittering Sand Pit ,Near Dereham
Received Not publishedLand East of Lignacite Works, High Street, Brandon, Norfolk, IP27 0AX
Received Not publishedClackclose Primary School, Nelson Annexe, Paradise Road, Downham Market, PE38 9JE
Received Not publishedSite 1 : Land to east of Willow Farm, Field Lane, Site 2 : Land opposite Church Farm, Low Road
Received Not publishedSt Michael's VC First School, Saddlebow Road, King's Lynn, PE30 5BW
Received Not publishedKirby Cane Quarry, Yarmouth Road, Kirby Cane, NR35 2HJ
Received Not published130-152 Barrack Street
Received Not publishedOS Plot 6600 ,Mill Drove Blackborough End ,Middleton
Received Not publishedTrowse Depot, Norwich
Received Not publishedLarkman First & Middle School, Clarkson Road
Received Not publishedLand off A1074 Dereham Road ,Costessey ,(former Harford Eng. Land)
Received Not publishedFormer Railway Cutting ,Gimingham
Received Not publishedOff High Road, Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road,
Received Not publishedWillows Industrial Estate, Willow Road, King's Lynn PE34 3RD
Received Not publishedAdjoining Green Lane Farm, Kilverstone
Received Not publishedPark North ,Nr Bittering Sand Pit Dereham
Received Not publishedTuckswood First School, Allandale Road, Tuckswood
Received Not publishedThe Grove ,Reymerston
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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