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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
East of Mill Drove, Blackborough End, Middleton
Received Not publishedBrookside Depot ,Buxton Road Frettenham ,Norwich
Received Not published4-15 Balderston Court, Calvert Street
Received Not publishedHethersett Academy, Queens Road, Hethersett, Norfolk , NR9 3DB
Received Not publishedHales Community Composting, Briar Lane, Hales NR14 6SY
Received Not publishedRoosting Hill
Received Not publishedNorth Walsham High School, Spenser Avenue
Received Not publishedMill Drove ,Blackborough End
Received Not publishedLong Stratton Sewage Treatment Works, Picton Road, Tharston, Norfolk
Received Not publishedCaister Library, Beach Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, NR30 5EX
Received Not published77065 Hardwick Road
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Landfill Site,Middleton
Received Not publishedTrowse CP School, Dell Like
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew School, Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0XS
Received Not publishedNorfolk Pet Crematorium, Shortthorn Road, Felthorpe.
Received Not publishedCNS High School, Eaton Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6PP
Received Not publishedHunstanton Smithdon High School, Downs Road, Hunstanton
Received Not publishedEaton Hall School, Pettus Road
Received Not publishedTerrington St John CP School, School Road, Terrington St John, PE14 7SG
Received Not publishedGt Yarmouth VA High School, Salisbury Road
Received Not publishedAcle High School, South Walsham Road, Acle, Norwich, NR13 3ER
Received Not publishedPit ,Little Melton
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedNotre Dame CVA High School, Surrey Street
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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