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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Shropham Quarry, Swangay Road, Rocklands, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1XJ
Received Not publishedLand at plots 37, 39 & 41 Cathedral Drive, North Elmham
Received Not publishedFormer Alderman Swindell First School, Beresford Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4AB
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry ,Beeston
Received Not publishedBowthorpe Community Centre, Bowthorpe Hall Road, Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9AA
Received Not publishedAgricultural land following former quarrying activities, Buxton Road, Horstead, NR12 7NX
Received Not publishedThetford Bishops School, Canterbury Way, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1EB
Received Not publishedNorfolk Rural Life Museum, Union House, Gressenhall, Dereham, Norfolk NR20 4DR
Received Not publishedStanfield Quarry, Stanfield Dereham
Received Not publishedFrimstone Hoggin Quarry ,Summer Lane Carbrooke ,Thetford
Received Not publishedFormer EMR Site, Ernest Gage Avenue, Longwater Ind Est, Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedBlakely Cross ,Roydon Common King's Lynn ,
Received Not publishedThorpe Hillside Avenue C P School, Hillside Avenue, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich
Received Not publishedDownham Market High School, Bexwell Road
Received Not publishedLandfill Site adjoining A134 (southern side), Lynn Road
Received Not publishedSt Peter & St Paul Primary School, Church Street, Carbrooke, Thetford, IP25 6SW
Received Not publishedLand adjoining No.46 High Road, Islington
Received Not publishedDickleburgh Primary School, Harvey Lane, Dickleburgh, Diss IP21 4NL
Received Not publishedThe Grange
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (Northern Site) Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market
Received Not publishedLand south of Marlingford Hall,Barford, OS 4468 4255
Received Not publishedCringleford Primary School, Brambling Lane, Cringleford Norwich NR4 7JR
Received Not publishedLongwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road, Costessey
Received Not publishedLand at Burston CP Primary School, Audley Close
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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