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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Notre Dame High School, Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3PB
Received Not publishedDevelopment site off Green Lane West, Rackheath
Received Not publishedHigh View Farm, Silver Street
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Quarry, Kirby Road
Received Not publishedBlofield Primary School, East side of Plantation Road, Blofield, Norwich NR13 4PL
Received Not publishedUnit 2D, Wellesley Road, Tharston Industrial Estate,
Received Not publishedWarren Hill ,Kimberley Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedUnit 14, Shipdham Airfield Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedHolt Community Primary School, Norwich Road, Holt, NR25 6SG
Received Not publishedHighgate Infant School, Gaywood Road
Received Not publishedShrubbs Farm, Saxthorpe, Melton Constable. NR24 2AT
Received Not publishedOff Caister Lane Poringland
Received Not publishedFulmodeston Road, Stibbard, Fakenham
Received Not publishedMile Cross Transfer Station and Recycling Centre, Swanton Road
Received Not publishedHeath Road, Quidenham
Received Not publishedGaywood Park High School, Queen Mary Road, King's Lynn, PE30 4QG
Received Not publishedAshleigh County Infant School, Sheffield Road, Wymondham, NR18 0HL
Received Not publishedBrooke Primary School, High Green
Received Not publishedThe Oakery, Lodge Road
Received Not published89 The Street, Hindringham
Received Not publishedAngel Road Infants School, Angel Road
Received Not publishedLand off Norwich Road
Received Not publishedLand at Hall Road, Winfarthing, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand at Leziate
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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