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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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St George's Middle School, Admirals Drive, Dersingham, PE31 6LR
Received Not publishedPippins Heath Plantation ,Holt
Received Not publishedFakenham High School
Received Not publishedRoots of Norfolk Museum of Rural Life, Beech House
Received Not publishedMartham First School, School Road
Received Not publishedSt. Nicholas Street, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1BJ
Received Not publishedScottow Enterprise Park (former RAF Coltishall) Barton Road, Scottow, NR10 5DB
Received Not publishedBurnham Market STW, Off Joan Short's Lane
Received Not publishedKings Lynn Dept, Maple Road, Saddlebow Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedCringleford Primary School, Brambling Lane, Cringleford, Norfolk, NR4 7JR
Received Not publishedWaxham Great Barn, Sea Palling
Received Not publishedWells-next-the-Sea Fire Station, Burnt Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1HW
Received Not publishedKing Edward VII School, Gaywood Road
Received Not publishedEast Winch Quarry/Landfill Site, Land off East Winch Road
Received Not publishedTrafford Estate, Frettenham
Received Not publishedAnthony Curton C E School, Walpole St. Peter
Received Not publishedBluebell Primary School, Lovelace Road
Received Not publishedMartineau Cottage, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2JA
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Broom Covert, Former Railway Cutting, Swaffham
Received Not publishedMartham Fire Station, 20 Rollesby Road, Martham, NR29 4RU
Received Not publishedWensum Middle School, Turner Road, Norwich, NR2 4HB
Received Not publishedLibrary, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot, Thurlton.
Received Not publishedSpringwood High School, Queensway, Gaywood
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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