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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Harford Manor School, 43 Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR2 2LN
Received Not publishedDave's Skips, 2 Tollbar Cottages, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedCostessey Recycling & Recovery Park, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedKing Edward VII High School, Gaywood Road, King's Lynn, PE30 2QB
Received Not publishedNorfolk Fire Service, Fire Station, London Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9AW
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Centre ,Helhoughton Road Hempton ,
Received Not publishedEaton CNS High School, Eaton Road
Received Not publishedadj. Aldeby Landfill Site ,Aldeby Near Beccles ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedEast Rudham STW and Sculthorpe STW, Tattersett
Received Not publishedCarrow House (Costume and Textiles Collection), Youth and Community, King Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedLand North of Ernest Gage Way, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedWelcome Pit, Butt Lane, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 9PY
Received Not publishedAlderman Swindell County First School, Beresford Road
Received Not publishedNorfolk County Council, Wymondham County High School, Norwich Road, Wymondham, NR18 0QT
Received Not publishedGrandcourt Quarry (Extension), Leziate Works, Station Road, Leziate, King’s Lynn, PE32 1EH
Received Not publishedBessemer Way ,Harfreys Industrial Estate Gt Yarmouth ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedShrubbs Farm, Edgefield Road, Melton Constable, Norfolk, NR24 2AT
Received Not publishedCommon Road,Aldeby
Received Not publishedWalnut Tree Farm, Winfarthing, Diss.
Received Not publishedLongwater Employment Area ,Dereham Road Costessey ,Norwich
Received Not publishedPoringland Primary School, The Footpath, Poringland, Norwich, NR14 7RF
Received Not publishedLand forming part of Manor Farm, Old Church Road, Hainford
Received Not publishedSt Edmund's County Primary School Kilhams Way King's Lynn PE30 2HU
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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