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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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King Street Square, King Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2AP
Received Not publishedCliff House Farm, off Butt Lane Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedEstuary Farm, Off Edward Benefer Way
Received Not publishedButt Lane, Burgh Castle
Received Not published47 Coltishall Lane, Horsham St Faiths.
Received Not publishedQuarry South of A134, Lynn Road, Stoke Ferry, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedClover Hill First School, Rawley Road, Bowthorpe, Norwich
Received Not publishedBoundary Pit, Off Sandy Hills Lane, Old Yarmouth Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR29 9NA
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Hurdle Lane Glandford ,
Received Not publishedManor Farm, West Dereham
Received Not publishedAdjoining A1065 at Hempton, ,Gravel Pit Hill
Received Not publishedBuxton Close, Easton
Received Not publishedH'hold Waste Recycling Centre ,Pump Lane Caister-on -Sea ,Gt. Yarmouth
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road, Holt, NR25 6JR
Received Not publishedSand & Gravel Pit ,Morningthorpe
Received Not publishedNorth Lynn Youth & Community Centre, St Lawrence Road, North Lynn, PE30 2DS
Received Not publishedWinfarthing All Saints CE VA Primary School, Mill Road
Received Not publishedWissington Sugar Factory
Received Not publishedWatton Wayland Community High School, Merton Road
Received Not publishedColton Quarry ,Colton Road Marlingford ,Norwich
Received Not publishedRoots of Norfolk Museum of Rural Life, Union Farm
Received Not publishedCostessey Recycling Centre, Longwater Business Park
Received Not publishedDickleburgh County Primary School, Harvey Lane, Dickleburgh, Diss, Norfolk, IP24 4NL
Received Not publishedThe Oakery, Lodge Road, Feltwell
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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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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