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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hillside Primary School, Lords Lane
Received Not publishedWaveney Forest
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to the Barn, Heron Farm, Bunwell Road, Besthorpe, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2LN
Received Not publishedSt Thomas More RC VA School, Jessop Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedCostessey Waste Transfer Station & Materials Recycling, Longwater Business Park, Costessey, Norwich. NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, Rawhall Lane, East Bilney, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedGressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Gressenhall, Dereham, NR20 4DR
Received Not publishedRear of Gravel Pit House
Received Not publishedWoodland ,Temple Close
Received Not publishedSheringham Primary School, Cooper Road, Sheringham, NR26 8UH
Received Not publishedSalter's Lane ,Longham Heath
Received Not publishedNorthrepps County Primary School, Church Street, Northrepps, Cromer, NR27 0LG
Received Not publishedSt John's RC VA School, Heigham Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedSheringham C P School, Cooper Road, Sheringham, NR26 8UH
Received Not publishedThe Grange
Received Not publishedDocking Landfill Site
Received Not publishedLarkshall Mill, Thetford Road, East Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1QY
Received Not published70-72 Terrington St Clement Primary School, Churchgate Way, Terrington St Clement, PE34 4LZ
Received Not publishedFormer Railway Land ,Kettlestone
Received Not publishedoff Brick Kiln Lane ,Trunch Nr.Norwich ,Norfolk.
Received Not publishedAvenue First School, Caernarvon Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedEccles C E V A Primary School, Wilby Road, Eccles
Received Not publishedFakenham Infants School, Norwich Road, Fakenham
Received Not publishedPentney Quarry, Pentney, King's Lynn, Norfolk
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
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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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