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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Docking Landfill Site, Docking Road
Received Not publishedThe Nunnery Estate, Brettenham
Received Not publishedHowe Pits ,Norwich Rd Brooke ,Norwich
Received Not publishedPark Farm, Wormegay, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 0SH
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road, Costessey, Norfolk NR5 0JU
Received Not publishedDiss Infants and Nursery Community School, Fitzwalter Road
Received Not publishedThickthorn Park & Ride, Norwich Road, Hethersett, Norwich, NR9 3AU
Received Not publishedLand to the North of Chaplin Road, Bradwell, NR31 9XW
Received Not publishedLand at Holt Road, East Beckham, Sheringham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedEdward Worlledge Community School, Suffolk Road, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0ER
Received Not publishedLingwood Nursery & Primary School, Station Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4AZ
Received Not publishedFred Nicholson School, Westfield Road, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1JB
Received Not publishedPentney Quarry, Pentney, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand adjoining recycling site, Stone Road, Hockering, NR20 3PZ
Received Not publishedLongham Quarry, Reed Lane
Received Not publishedHerman Middle School, Oriel Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea
Received Not publishedField Pit ,Aldeby House Farm Aldeby ,
Received Not published12 Cricketers Walk Freethorpe Norwich
Received Not publishedSouth Harford School, Locksley Road
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Pippin's Heath, Hunworth Road,Holt
Received Not publishedEast Ruston Common ,East Ruston
Received Not publishedHungry Hill ,Fakenham Road Beetley ,
Received Not publishedBath Hills Road
Received Not publishedAcle High School
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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