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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Edmund's County First Primary School, Kilhams Way
Received Not publishedStation Road ,West Dereham
Received Not publishedWhite House Farm Primary School, Mallard Way, Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk NR7 8DN
Received Not publishedHarfrey's Road, Harfrey's Industrial Estate
Received Not published18 Victoria Road ,
Received Not publishedMayton wood Landfill Site, Little Haubois Road, Coltishall, Norwich NR12 7JX
Received Not publishedAylsham High School, Sir Williams Lane,
Received Not publishedCaister First & Nursery School, Kingston Avenue
Received Not publishedLand at Helhoughton Road
Received Not publishedBlackwater Pit, Helhoughton Road, Hempton
Received Not publishedIngoldisthorpe Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not publishedBiffa Waste Services, Reepham Road, Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5TD
Received Not publishedPunch Farm Quarry, Beeston with Bittering
Received Not publishedEdgefield Landfill Site ,Off B1149 Nr Holt ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedHolt Hall, Kelling Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 7DU
Received Not publishedLand adjoining the Proposed ,Scole Bypass (A140) Norwich Road ,Diss
Received Not publishedFakenham High School, Field Lane, Fakenham, NR21 9QT
Received Not publishedScole Primary School, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedOuter harbour, South Denes, Great Yamouth
Received Not publishedManor Farm Estate ,Bridgham Thetford ,
Received Not publishedQuarry East of Mill Drove, Blackborough End, Middleton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedSheringham Woodfields School, Holt Road
Received Not publishedPit ,Carleton Park Ketteringham ,
Received Not publishedSt Augustines Primary School, West End, Costessey, Norwich. NR8 5AG
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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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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