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5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land off Church Lane, Ashwicken, PE32 1LN
Received Not published165 High Street , Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 6RG
Received Not publishedBoundary Pit, Off Sandy Hill lane, Old Yarmouth Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR29 9NA
Received Not publishedSt Mary's Middle School, Swan Lane, Long Stratton
Received Not publishedNorth Denes Junior School, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 4HF
Received Not publishedRawhall Lane, East Bilney
Received Not publishedNorth Denes Primary School, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4HF
Received Not publishedFormer Railway Line ,(Northern & Southern sections
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Edgefield Landfill Site, Edgefield, Melton Constable, NR24 2RS
Received Not publishedHingham Primary School, Hardingham Street
Received Not publishedThorpe Gravel Pit Harvey Lane Thorpe
Received Not publishedPump Farm, Weston Green Road, Weston Longville
Received Not publishedSt Williams Primary School, Williams Loke, Thorpe St Andrew NR7 0AJ
Received Not publishedGressenhall Rural Life Museum
Received Not publishedCaley Close ,Sweet Briar Road Industrial Estate ,Norwich
Received Not publishedBeach Road, Snettisham
Received Not publishedDisused Chalk Pit ,
Received Not publishedChapel Green School, Attleborough Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk NR17 1RF
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill Site, Oaklands Gravel Pit, Aldeby, Nr Beccles, Norfolk
Received Not publishedHeather Avenue County First School, Warren Avenue, Hellesdon, Norwich, NR6 6LT
Received Not publishedFairhaven C of E VA Primary School, Church Road, South Walsham
Received Not publishedDrake First School, Fairfields, Thetford, IP24 1JW
Received Not publishedLand South of Whitlingham Hall, Whitlingham Lane, Kirby Bedon
Received Not publishedSt Mary's RC Primary School, East Anglian Way
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
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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