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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Thickthorn Park & Ride. Land adjoining the southern boundary of Thickthorn Services, northern boundary of Ward's Wood, western boundary of the A11
Received Not publishedCorpusty & Saxthorpe, Land to the east of village settlements
Received Not publishedGrandcourt Quarry, Leziate Works, Station Road, Leziate, King's Lynn, PE32 1EH
Received Not publishedHethersett Junior School, Queens Road
Received Not publishedBoundary Pit
Received Not publishedReepham Fire Station, 36 School Road, Reepham, Norwich, NR10 4JP
Received Not publishedHighfield House, 50 Wells Road, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 9HP
Received Not publishedWaste Transfer Station, Frans Green Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedParkside Special School, CollegeRoad
Received Not publishedPoultry Farm ,Spixworth Road Hainford ,Norwich
Received Not publishedBergh Apton Recycling Centre, Wellbeck Road
Received Not publishedSt Martha's RC VA Primary School, Field Lane, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4AY
Received Not publishedBowthorpe Southern Park ,Bowthorpe Norwich ,
Received Not publishedSaxlingham VC Primary School, Church Hill
Received Not publishedCoston Hall ,Coston
Received Not publishedReepham High School, Whitwell Road
Received Not publishedTarmac Roadstone Ltd, Bittering Works East Dereham, NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedWymondham High Academy, Folly Road, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0QT
Received Not publishedWelcome Pits, Butt Lane Burgh Castle
Received Not publishedAttlebridge Landfill Site ,Reepham Road Attlebridge ,
Received Not publishedFormer Sand & Gravel Pit, Land South of Longacre Plantation, Morningthorpe, Nr Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk
Received Not publishedMileham Road ,Beeston Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedYarmouth Road ,Postwick
Received Not publishedThe Chalk Pit, Norwich Road, Caistor St Edmund
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
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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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