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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wymondham Quarry, Stanfield Road, Wymondham, NR18 9RJ
Received Not publishedEarsham Quarry, Bath Hills Road, Earsham, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2AE
Received Not publishedSprowston High School, Cannerby Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NE
Received Not publishedLyng Primary School, Wensum Road, Lyng, Norfolk, NR9 5RJ
Received Not publishedWhitlingham WRC, Kirby Road, Kirby Bedon, Norwich, Norfolk. NR14 8TZ
Received Not publishedStanfield Quarry
Received Not publishedSculthorpe Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not publishedLand south of Marlingford Hall,Barford O.S. Parcels 8281, 8970(part),,7468(part), 6261
Received Not publishedSprowston Junior School, Recreation Ground Road, Sprowston, Norfolk NR7 8EW
Received Not published557 Earlham Road, Norwich NR4 7HW
Received Not publishedThe Dales Home for the Elderly, Lodge Hill, Sheringham, NR26 8TJ
Received Not publishedPlot 11 of Cornish Way, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 0FE
Received Not publishedPoringland Primary School, The Footpath
Received Not publishedStanfield Quarry
Received Not publishedHethersett Academy, Queens Road, Hethersett, Norfolk NR9 3DB
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining Broom Covert, Former Railway Cutting, Fincham Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Oxborough Wood
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, Rawhall Lane
Received Not publishedTrowse with Newton
Received Not publishedMangreen Quarry, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR14 8DD
Received Not publishedSt Michael's CE VA First School, The Boundaries, Geldeston
Received Not publishedLand to West of Mill Drove, Blackborough End, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedSculthorpe Sewage Treatment Works, Tattersett Road, Tattersett, Norfolk
Received Not publishedHarfreys Road ,Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth ,Norfolk
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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