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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Unit2 and Unit 3 Burrell Way, Stephenson Way Industrial Estate, Thetford
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, East Bilney, Beetley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedLand north of Hall Farm, adjacent to railway, Intwood.
Received Not publishedKirby Cane Quarry, Leet Hill, Yarmouth Road, Kirby Cane, Norfolk NR35 2HJ
Received Not publishedMundesley Infant School, Trunch Road, Mundesley, Norfolk, NR11 8LE
Received Not publishedCaister First Nursery School, Kingston Avenue
Received Not publishedFields on north side and immediately adjacent to Mill Lane, Rockland All Saints, Attleborough
Received Not publishedWreningham STW
Received Not publishedFoulsham Primary School, High Street
Received Not publishedDisused Runway Beacon Hill Snetterton
Received Not publishedHellesdon High School, Middleton's Lane, Hellesdon, Norwich, NR6 5SB
Received Not publishedHempton Gravel Pits
Received Not publishedSwanton Abbott CP School, Youngman's Lane
Received Not publishedHomefield VC First School, Homefield Avenue
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Site, Fakenham Road
Received Not publishedDiss High School, Walcot Road
Received Not publishedCrows Hall Farm, land west of Stony Lane
Received Not publishedCarbrooke Quarry, Summer Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, Norfolk IP25 6TJ
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm, Thurlton
Received Not publishedLand of Church Lane, Ashwicken
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, Rawhall Lane, East Bilney, Dereham. NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedLynn Grove VA High School, Lynn Grove, Gorleston
Received Not publishedSprowston Day Services, Church Lane
Received Not publishedWeeting VC Primary School, Main Road, Weeting, IP27 0QQ
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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