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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Saxlingham Nethergate Primary School, Church Hill
Received Not publishedHarling Road, Quidenham
Received Not publishedQuarry off Beacon Hill, Loddon Road, Norton Subcourse. NR14 6RY
Received Not publishedHemblington Primary School, Mill Road
Received Not publishedCostessey Junior School, Three Mile Lane, Costessey, NR5 0RR
Received Not publishedWaste Treatment Centre Whitlingham Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not publishedLangor Bridge ,Kettlestone
Received Not publishedIn Norwich Hill/Vernon Wood ,area on O/S Map TG10 SE
Received Not publishedSchool Road, Terrington St John,
Received Not publishedBurnham Market STW, Off Joan Short's Lane
Received Not publishedNorth Denes Primary School, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4HF
Received Not publishedDocking Primary School, Chequers Road, Docking
Received Not publishedLarkshall Mill
Received Not publishedParkers Skip Hire Ltd, Unit 5, Wendover Road, Rackheath, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 6LH
Received Not publishedHethel Engineering Centre, Chapman Way
Received Not published322-5 St Johns Way, Thetford, IP24 3PA
Received Not publishedRoydon County Primary School, Manor Road, Roydon, IP22 5QU
Received Not publishedPoringland Primary School and Nursery, The Footpath, Poringland, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 7RF
Received Not publishedDereham Sixth Form College, Crown Road, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4AG
Received Not publishedAvenue First & Middle Schools, Avenue Road/Milford Road, Norwich, NR2 3HP
Received Not publishedMid Norfolk Shooting School, Deighton Hills, Attlebridge
Received Not publishedMousehold First School, Mousehold Avenue, Norwich, NR3 4RS
Received Not publishedHalf Penny Lane ,Beetley
Received Not publishedMorningthorpe
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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