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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Site adjacent to The Crawfish PH, Fakenham Road, Thursford
Received Not publishedUnit 960, Tattersett Business Park
Received Not publishedLand off Mill Drove ,Blackborough End Kings Lynn ,
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedSprowston High School
Received Not publishedSouthery Primary School, Westgate Street, Downham Market, PE38 0PA
Received Not publishedFormer Landfill Site, Helhoughton Road, Hempton, Fakenham.
Received Not publishedLand to East of Mill Drove, Mill Drove, Blackborough End, Kings Lynn, PE32 1SW
Received Not publishedPlaying field for Dowson First and Mile Cross Middle Schools, Valpy Avenue
Received Not publishedRailway Cutting ,Pigg's Grave Melton Constable ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedMorningthorpe Sand & Gravel , Pit Morningthorpe ,
Received Not publishedLand at Grange Farm ,Surlingham
Received Not publishedLand at Cromer Road
Received Not publishedSt Martha's Primary School, Field Lane, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4AY
Received Not publishedBrowns Fen
Received Not publishedBrockdish CE VP Primary School, Grove Road, Brockdish, Diss, Norfolk IP21 4JP
Received Not publishedMarsh Road, Walpole St Andrew
Received Not publishedNorman Wenn Skip Hire, Unit 2, Sandy Lane, East Tuddenham, Dereham NR20 3JG
Received Not publishedNorfolk Rural Life Museum, Union House, Gressenhall
Received Not publishedLand to the South of Long Acres Holiday Park, South Beach Road, Heacham, Kings Lynn. PE31 7AR
Received Not publishedCroxton Lodge, Croxton, Thetford
Received Not publishedNarborough VC First School, Denny's Walk, Narborough, PE32 1TA
Received Not publishedFrans Green Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane
Received Not publishedFire Service Training Centre, Barnard Road, Bowthorpe, NR5 9JB
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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