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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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South Wootton First School, Church Lane
Received Not publishedBittering Works,Beeston with Bittering
Received Not publishedO.S.NO 125 & part 121 ,Beeston Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedLakenham First and Nursey School, Hospital Lane
Received Not publishedQueensway County First School, Queensway, Thetford, IP24 3DR
Received Not publishedAlderman Swindell Primary School, Beresford Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4AB
Received Not publishedFormer Railway Line Old Hall Street Knapton
Received Not publishedOvery Farm, Eccles
Received Not publishedSt Mary's RC Primary School, East Anglian Way
Received Not publishedLand at Bittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Beeston with Bittering / Longham
Received Not publishedWest Walton Fire Station, 1, Ingleborough Farm, West Walton, Norfolk, PE14 7EU
Received Not publishedThetford Fire Station, Norwich Road, Thetford
Received Not publishedSand & Gravel Pit ,Rightup Lane Wymondham ,Norwich
Received Not publishedThetford Fire Station, Norwich Road, Thetford, IP24 2HT
Received Not publishedPheasants Walk,Earsham
Received Not publishedLand at West Caister ,
Received Not publishedUnit 2 ,Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate ,Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedPentney Gravel Pit ,Abbey Road Pentney ,Kings Lynn
Received Not publishedDove Lane,Poringland
Received Not publishedSwanton Abbott C P School
Received Not publishedSite at Hardwick Narrows Estate, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedRaleigh Infant School & Nursery, Admirals Way, Thetford, IP24 2JT
Received Not publishedPart of Wood Farm, ,Acle, Norwich ,
Received Not publishedDownham Market Hillcrest C P School, Hillcrest, Downham Market, PE38 9ND
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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