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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Edgefield Landfill Site, Holt Road, Edgefield, Norfolk NR24 2RS
Received Not publishedBreck Farm Reservoir, Stody Estate, Melton Constable, Norfolk, NR24 2ER
Received Not publishedBlofield Library, The Reading Room
Received Not publishedHelleson, Heather Avenue County First School, Heather Avenue, Norwich, NR6 6LT
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (Northern Site), Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market
Received Not publishedHoveton St. Johns Cp School, Horning Road, Hoveton, NR12 8NX
Received Not publishedSpringwood High School, Queensway
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth Library, Tolhouse Street
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot
Received Not publishedLand to the north of the River Tud
Received Not publishedCarleton Rode Site, Double Banks Farm, Abbey Road, Carleton Rode, Norfolk, NR16 1NH
Received Not publishedUniversity of East Anglia, Blackdale Site, Bluebell Road, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
Received Not publishedKirby Cane Quarry, Yarmouth Road, Kirby Cane, Bungay, NR35 2HJ
Received Not publishedHill Top Farm ,Hall Lane Frettenham ,
Received Not publishedSuffield Park Infants School, Mill Road, Cromer, NR27 0AD
Received Not publishedSporle First School, The Street, Sporle, PE32 2DR
Received Not publishedAylsham High School, Sir Williams Way, Aylsham, NR11 6AN
Received Not publishedEaston Borrow Pit
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry, Alex Moorhouse Way, Costessey
Received Not publishedKing's Park First School, King's Road, East Dereham, NR19 2AG
Received Not publishedDrake First School, Fairfields, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1JW
Received Not publishedGuildhall, St Withburga Lane, Dereham, NR19 1EE
Received Not publishedEurocentre, North River Road
Received Not publishedNorman First School, Brasier Road
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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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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