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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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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John Grant School, St Georges Drive
Received Not publishedMast Farm, New Road
Received Not publishedKing's Lynn Museum, Old Market Street
Received Not publishedGarrick Green First School, Old Catton
Received Not publishedThe Grange
Received Not publishedWestwick Fruit Farm Norwich Road
Received Not publishedLindgreat Yard, Harfreys Road
Received Not publishedEllingham VC Primary School, Church Road
Received Not publishedLongwater ,Costessey
Received Not publishedSt. Augustines RCP School, West End, Costessey, Norwich NR8 5AG
Received Not publishedYarmouth Marine Base, South Denes Road
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road, Norwich, Norfolk
Received Not publishedMethwold Farm, Methwold Thetford IP26 4DU
Received Not publishedLand part of Sparham Hall , Farms Sparham ,
Received Not publishedPreston Primary School, Henry Preston Road, Tasburgh, Norfolk, NR15 1NU
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot ,Thurlton Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedNorth of Hall Farm, Intwood, Norwich.
Received Not publishedJacob's Pit ,Docking
Received Not publishedStanfield Quarry, Tom Kemp Farms
Received Not publishedOff Lynn Road, Stoke Ferry
Received Not publishedLand at Lyng ,
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth Power Station
Received Not publishedWroughton First School, Beccles Road
Received Not publishedSouth of Lynn Road, Swaffham
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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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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