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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ashleigh County Infant School, Sheffield Road, Wymondham NR18 0HL
Received Not publishedFormer RAF Coltishall, Barton Road, Norfolk NR10 5JR
Received Not publishedMile Cross Middle & Dowson First Schools, Valpy Avenue, Norwich
Received Not publishedThe Grange Animal Crematorium, West Rudham, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedLand at Poplar Avenue, Morston Industrial Park, Saddlebow Road
Received Not publishedDiss Infants School, Fitzwalter Road
Received Not publishedErnest Gage Avenue, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedClere House, Pippin Close
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road
Received Not publishedTanner House, Tanner Street, Thetford
Received Not publishedThurton VCP, Ashby Road
Received Not publishedLand off Marriotts Way, Briston, Melton Constable, Norfolk
Received Not publishedSpixworth Quarry, Grange Farm, Buxton Road, Spixworth, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 3PR
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill Site, Oaklands Gravel Pit, Aldeby, Beccles NR34 0BL
Received Not publishedHall School, St Faiths Road, Old Catton
Received Not publishedLand at Mount Pleasant, ,Rocklands, Spong Lane, Shropham & Swangey Fen, ,Attleborough
Received Not publishedBlackdale County Middle School, Bluebell Road, Norwich, NR4 7LN
Received Not publishedHellesdon Hospital
Received Not publishedLand adj Swanton Morley Airfield
Received Not publishedLand at Ashwicken ,Leziate
Received Not publishedEarsham CEVA First School, School Road
Received Not publishedMulbarton Community Infants School
Received Not publishedWest Farm, Vicarage Road, Great Hockham, Thetford, IP24 1PE
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Greenpark Avenue and the east of Columbia Way, Kings Lynn.
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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