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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Costessey Quarry, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road, Norwich, NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedNorman First School, Brasier Road
Received Not publishedKinsale First School, Kinsale Avenue
Received Not publishedMundford Primary School, St Leonards Street, Mundford, IP26 5ED
Received Not publishedWereham Recycling Centre, Crimplesham Road
Received Not publishedDisused Carrstone Quarry ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not publishedThe Bawburgh School, Hockering Lane, Bawburgh, Norwich, NR9 3LR
Received Not publishedGayton C Of E Primary Academy, 80 Springvale, Gayton Norfolk PE32 1QZ
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 2DH
Received Not publishedNorth Denes Primary School, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4HF
Received Not publishedCats Premises, Ashwellthorpe Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill Site - Oaklands Gravel Pit, Common Road, Aldeby, NR34 0BL
Received Not publishedAldeby Sandpit ,Aldeby Nr Beccles ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedSouth Wootton Junior School, Hall Lane
Received Not publishedWoodland Middle School, Church Walk
Received Not publishedD & J Metals, Vanguard Road, Gapton Hall Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedKetteringham Highways Depot, Station Lane, Hethersett
Received Not publishedFormer Sand and Gravel Pit, Colton Road, Colton
Received Not publishedRoudham Park Industrial Estate, Roudham, Norfolk, NR16 2SN
Received Not publishedGravel Pits off Mill Drove ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not published4 acres of land in ,Norwich Hill/Vernon Wood area O/S TG10 SE ,
Received Not publishedDereham Road, Watton
Received Not publishedBignold First School, Wessex Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedAllotment Garden Lynn
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
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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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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