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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Swanton Morley ,
Received Not publishedRefuse Tip ,Northrepps Road
Received Not publishedOld Lime Works, Between Hall Farm and Keswick Mill
Received Not publishedFreedom Farm, Cowles Drove, Hockwold, Norfolk, IP26 4JQ
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Waste Management Site, Little Hautbois Road, Frettenham
Received Not publishedNorthrepps Primary School, Church Street
Received Not publishedNorton Subcourse Quarry, Loddon Road, Norton Subcourse, Norfolk, NR14 6RY
Received Not publishedPart 0063, East of Reed Lane ,Longham Hall Longham ,Dereham
Received Not publishedPensthorpe Hall
Received Not publishedFormer Quarry, at land off Mill Drove, Blackborough End, Norfolk, PE32 1SW
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry (Longham Site), Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedSargeant's Field & Adjacent Field, Stowbridge, Stow Bardolph
Received Not publishedShropham Quarry, Swangey Lane, Shropham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedCostessey Transfer Station, Longwater Business Park, Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedThetford Drake First School, Fairfields off Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1JW
Received Not publishedLand Adj. Earsham Gravel Pit ,Bath Hills Road Earsham ,
Received Not publishedEarlham High School, Earlham Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedBawburgh CP School, Hockering Lane, Bawburgh, NR9 3LR
Received Not publishedLand off Elm Low Road (former Wisbech Canal)
Received Not publishedHunworth Road ,Holt
Received Not publishedLongham Quarry, Reed Lane
Received Not publishedForncett St Peter CE VA Primary School, Aslacton Road
Received Not publishedPit ,Loughen Farm Forncett St Mary ,Norwich
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Pound Plantation Edgefield ,
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.
How to search planning applications
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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