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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Recycling Centre, Harfreys Road, Harfrey's Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LN
Received Not publishedCanterbury Way Infants School, Canterbury Way, Thetford, IP24 1EB
Received Not publishedEccles CE VA Primary School, Wilby Road, Eccles, NR16 2PF
Received Not publishedRailway Station ,Aylsham
Received Not publishedOS Parcel 0021; 0010; 0031; & 3000 at Hill Farm
Received Not publishedHillside Primary School, Lords Lane
Received Not publishedFire Station, Bethel Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedDereham Sixth Form College, Crown Road, Dereham, Norfolk. NR20 4AG
Received Not publishedLand to the south of the A143 between Broome & Ellingham
Received Not publishedJohn Grant Special School, St Georges Drive
Received Not publishedHethersett VC Middle School, Queen's Road
Received Not publishedGrove House Infants and Nursery School, Gilpin's Ride
Received Not publishedLand immediately to east and contiguous with the existing workings, Lynford Gravel Pit, Mundford.
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry and Works ,East Dereham Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedPump Farm, Weston Green Road, Weston Longville, Norfolk NR9 5LA
Received Not publishedDisused Lime Quarry ,Hockwold to Weeting Road Hockwold ,
Received Not publishedUnit 2, Mitre Farm ,Setch Road Blackborough End ,King's Lynn
Received Not publishedKetteringham Quarry
Received Not publishedGlaven Pits, Wall's Lane, Glandford
Received Not publishedDitchingham CP School, Rider Haggard Way
Received Not publishedLong Dale, Costessey.
Received Not publishedShropham Quarry, Swangey Lane
Received Not publishedBlueberry Hill, Halfpenny Lane
Received Not publishedMill Drove ,Blackborough End
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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