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.
5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Eurocentre, North River Road, Great Yarmouth.
Received Not publishedGravel Pit Strumpshaw Hill
Received Not publishedArea 254, Cross Sands, Offshore from Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedRossfield, Reepham Road
Received Not publishedDrake Infants & Nursery School, Fairfields, Off Croxton Road, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1JW
Received Not publishedFleggburgh Primary School, Main Road
Received Not publishedPart OS 5261 ,Land East of Wormegay Road Blackborough End ,
Received Not publishedCarbrooke Quarry, Summer Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, Norfolk IP25 6TJ
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedNecton Middle School, School Road
Received Not publishedGreat Ellingham
Received Not publishedKirby Cane Quarry Leet Hill
Received Not publishedSkeyton New Road
Received Not publishedClover Hill Infant & Nursery School, Rawley Road, Bowthorpe, Norwich NR5 9AP
Received Not publishedYarmouth Marine Base, South Denes Road, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedSouth Lynn Regeneration Route ,King's Lynn
Received Not publishedThe Old School House, Lower Green, Freethorpe
Received Not publishedHellesdon Library, Woodview Road, Hellesdon, Norwich, NR6 5QB
Received Not publishedCaister Branch Library, Beach Road
Received Not publishedEaton Primary School, Purtingay Road, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 6HU
Received Not publishedMile Cross Transfer Station and Recycling Centre, Swanton Road
Received Not publishedLand Northwest of Dobbs’ Beck, Rackheath Lane, Crostwick, Norfolk. NR12 7BF
Received Not publishedWillow Industrial Estate, Willow Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE34 3RD
Received Not publishedOld Hethel Airfield, Stanfield Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9RL
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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