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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Abbey Road, Old Buckenham, NR17 1RH
Received Not publishedCoxford Abbey Quarry, Docking Road, Syderstone, Fakenham, Norfolk, PE31 8TP
Received Not publishedSite at Leziate ,
Received Not publishedAlderman Peel High School, Market Lane, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1RB
Received Not publishedChristchurch and Welney STW
Received Not publishedMangreen Quarry
Received Not publishedEarsham Quarry, Earsham
Received Not publishedCatton Grove Primary School, Weston Road, Norwich. NR3 3TP
Received Not publishedHillside, Briston, Melton Constable
Received Not publishedWhitefriars CE VA Primary School, Whitefriars Road, King's Lynn, PE30 5AH
Received Not publishedDownham Market Academy, Bexwell Road, Downham Market, PE38 9LL
Received Not publishedNotre Dame CVA High School, Surrey Street
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, Rawhall Lane, East Bilney
Received Not publishedFormer railway line between Bridge Road & Humber Keel, Gorleston
Received Not publishedRecycling Yard, Hall Lane, Greens Road Industrial Estate, Dereham NR20 3TG
Received Not publishedSmithdon High School, Downs Road
Received Not publishedEaton Hall School, Pettus Road, Norwich NR4 7BU
Received Not publishedErpingham CE VC School
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew Library, Williams Loke, Norwich, NR7 0AJ
Received Not publishedFormer Abattoir, Hall Road, Earsham, NR35 2AB
Received Not publishedAleutia Gardens, Arlington Way, Brettenham.
Received Not publishedKing's Lynn Academy, 60, Queen Mary Road, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4QG
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to West Hall Farm, Springvale, Gayton, Norfolk PE32 1QZ
Received Not publishedLand at Bergh Apton
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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