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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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East Coast Waste ,Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate ,Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedParkside School, College Road
Received Not publishedBrampton Hall Farm, Brampton
Received Not publishedStalham Middle School, Yarmouth Road
Received Not publishedO.S.No.118 ,Punch Farm ,Beeston Nr.East Dereham ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand off Low Road, Drayton, Norwich, Norfolk NR8 6RR
Received Not publishedBishops VA Primary School,Canterbury Way, Thetford,IP24 1EB
Received Not publishedBlueberry Hill, Halfpenny Lane, Beetley, Norfolk NR20 4UY
Received Not publishedEarlham Early Years, Cadge Road
Received Not publishedIngoldisthorpe
Received Not publishedSnettisham carrstone Quarry, Snettisham
Received Not publishedYaxhm CE VA Primary School, Norwich Road, Yaxham, NR19 1RU
Received Not publishedSnetterton Recycling Centre, Harling Road, Snetterton Heath, Snetterton NR16 2JU
Received Not publishedWatton Westfield Infant & Nursery School, West Road, Watton, Norfolk IP25 6AU
Received Not publishedFlare Compound Area ,Adjoining Building, SW Corner Aldeby Landfill, Aldeby ,
Received Not published17 Cornish Way, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 0FE
Received Not publishedBeetley Quarry
Received Not publishedTrowse Marshes ,
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry ,Dereham Road Costessey ,Norwich
Received Not publishedCatton Grove Middle School, Weston Road
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Site ,Sandy Hill Worstead ,
Received Not publishedLand to North of Marriotts Way
Received Not publishedEdgefield Hall Farm ,Edgefield
Received Not publishedFreethorpe Primary School, Freethorpe Green
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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