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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wreningham VC Primary School, Ashwellthorpe Road, Wreningham, Norwich, NR16 1AW
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Harford Park and Ride Site
Received Not publishedLand West of Sandy Lane, Dereham.
Received Not publishedMethwold Farm, Methwold IP26 4DU
Received Not publishedHethersett Academy, Queens Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Received Not publishedColman Middle School, South Park Avenue, Norwich, NR4 7AU
Received Not publishedSwanton Morley Airfield ,Swanton Morley/Hoe.
Received Not publishedPunch Farm Quarry, Litcham Road, Beeston with Bittering, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedSculthorpe CE Primary School, Creake Road, Sculthorpe
Received Not publishedCromer Academy, Norwich Road, Cromer NR27 0EX
Received Not publishedFramingham Earl High School, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedWelcome Pit, Butt Lane
Received Not publishedDownham Market Clackclose CP School, Paradise Road, Downham Market, PE38 9PF
Received Not publishedDrayton Community Infant School, School Road
Received Not publishedGrimston Church Hill First School, Gayton Road
Received Not publishedWatlington Quarry, Watlington Road, Watlington, King's Lynn, PE33 0RG
Received Not publishedLodge Lane Infant School, Lodge Lane, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7HL
Received Not publishedCringleford CE VA First & Middle School, Cantley Lane
Received Not publishedAylsham Fire Station, Cawston Road
Received Not publishedAntingham & Southrepps Primary School, Lower Street
Received Not publishedFeltwell Quarry, The Oakery, Lodge Road
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Recycling Centre, Little Hautbois, Norwich NR12 7JX
Received Not publishedEurocentre ,North River Rd Gt Yarmouth ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedThetford Magistrates Court, Old Bury Road, Thetford, IP24 3AQ
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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