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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Horsford First School, Holt Road, Horsford, Norwich, NR10 3DN
Received Not publishedCostessey Waste Transfer Station, Longwater Business Park
Received Not publishedLodge Farm, Chequers Road
Received Not publishedRobert Kett Junior School, Hewitts Lane
Received Not publishedAgricultural field at the junction south of Back Street and east of Winch Road in Gayton
Received Not publishedSwanton Abbott Primary School, Youngmans Lane, Swanton Abbott, NR10 5DR
Received Not publishedFormer Sugar Beet Site, Poplar Avenue, Saddlebow Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedCaister High School, Windsor Road
Received Not publishedWoodlands Home for The Elderly, Grimston Road
Received Not publishedLand off A1064 (Main road), Billockby, Norfolk NR29 3BG
Received Not publishedHoward Infant and Nursery School, Parkway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4QJ
Received Not publishedReepham Road, Attlebridge
Received Not publishedPhiladelphia House, Penn Grove, Norwich, NR3 3JL
Received Not publishedLand at Bergh Apton
Received Not publishedLand Off Mill Drove ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not publishedNCC Highways Depot ,Pump Lane West Caister ,
Received Not publishedWelbeck Road, Bergh Apton
Received Not publishedKnapton, Norfolk
Received Not publishedReepham Fire Station, 36 School Road, Reepham, NR10 4JT
Received Not publishedGreyfriars Primary School, Hospital Walk, London Road, King's Lynn, PE30 5PY
Received Not publishedLand off Norwich Road (B1332)
Received Not publishedWicklewood Primary School, Hackford Road
Received Not publishedLand opposite the existing Sheringham Recycling Centre, Holt Road, East Beckham, Sheringham
Received Not publishedCostessey Sand Pit ,Dereham Road Costessey ,
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 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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