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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wiggenhall St Germans Pumping Station
Received Not publishedCaister Infant and Junior School, Kingston Avenue, Caister-On-Sea, NR30 5ET
Received Not publishedNew Bungalow, The Street, Knapton
Received Not publishedWatton Produce Ltd, Hargham Road, Shropham, Attleborough NR17 1DT
Received Not publishedEdgefield Landfill Site, Holt Road, Edgefield, Norwich, Norfolk NR24 2RS
Received Not publishedNorfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich
Received Not publishedLand at former North Pickenham Airfield
Received Not publishedPlot 81, Beechlands Park ,(36 Maple Drive)
Received Not publishedProfessional Development Centre, Woodside Road, Norwich, NR7 9QL
Received Not publishedWayland Junior Academy, Brandon Road, Watton IP25 6AL
Received Not publishedWoodlands Middle School, Church Walk
Received Not publishedLand at Rushall ,
Received Not publishedSouth of Lynn Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedNarborough CofE VC School, Dennys Walk, Narborough, PE32 1TA
Received Not publishedLand off Bardolph's Way, Wormegay
Received Not publishedSchool Farm, Mileham Road
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2SG
Received Not publishedLand off Fakenham Road ,Docking
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Ducks Hole Farm, Hunworth Road
Received Not publishedBanham, Land of Church Lane
Received Not publishedNeatherd High School, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedAlburgh with Denton VC First School, School Road, Alburgh, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 0BY
Received Not publishedHoveton St. Johns Cp School, Horning Road, Hoveton, NR12 8NX
Received Not publishedJohn Grant Special Needs School, St Georges Drive, Caister-On-Sea, Norfolk NR30 5QW
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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