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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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GC & CF Knight Ltd, Estate Office, Stody, Melton Constable NR24 2ER
Received Not publishedCommon Road,Aldeby
Received Not publishedShropham Quarry, Swangay Road, Rocklands, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1XJ
Received Not publishedWymondham Silfield Primary School, Land south of Rightup Lane, Silfield, Wymondham NR18 9NB
Received Not publishedKenfield Farm, Main Road, Clenchwarton
Received Not publishedNear Sparham Common
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedHall Farm Barn, Mautby, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedCarbrooke Quarry, Summer Lane
Received Not publishedCawston V C Primary School, Aylsham Road
Received Not publishedHeacham Fire Station, 31 Station Road, Heacham, PE31 7EX
Received Not publishedSt. Nicholas House, St Nicholas House, Littlefields, Dereham, NR19 1BG
Received Not publishedBlackwater Pit, Helhoughton Road
Received Not publishedErpingham V C Primary School, School Road, Erpingham, NR11 7QY
Received Not publishedPulham Market Transfer Station Station Road
Received Not publishedCatton Grove Middle School, Middleton Close, Norwich, NR3 3QE
Received Not publishedThe Howard Junior School, Parkway
Received Not publishedSt Martha's Primary School, Field Lane, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4AY
Received Not publishedSaltings ,The Point King's Lynn ,
Received Not publishedO.S.146,147,148 ,Big Wood South Acre ,
Received Not publishedAshleigh County Infant School, Sheffield Road, Wymondham NR18 0HL
Received Not publishedCantley Sugar Factory
Received Not publishedHempnall Road, Morningthorpe, NR15 2RE
Received Not publishedLand off Yarmouth Road ,Thorpe
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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