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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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sheringham High School, Holt Road
Received Not publishedBlack Horse Road Runhall
Received Not publishedFormer Anglia TV Site, 112-116 Magdalen Street
Received Not publishedGayton C of E VC First School, Lynn Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1PA
Received Not publishedThe Gravel Pit ,Lynn Road Stoke Ferry ,King's Lynn
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road
Received Not publishedCecil House ,Mullicourt Road Outwell ,
Received Not publishedLarkshall Mill, Thetford Road, East Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1QY
Received Not publishedHigh House Farm ,Fordham
Received Not publishedAntingham & Southrepps Primary School, Lower Street
Received Not publishedBrancaster CE VA Primary School, Market Lane, Brancaster, PE31 8AB
Received Not publishedSprowston High School, Cannerby Lane
Received Not publishedHempton Gravel Pits
Received Not publishedHomefield Primary School, Homefield Avenue
Received Not publishedBressingham Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedEaton Hall School Specialist College, Pettus Road
Received Not publishedChurch Hill School, Grimston
Received Not publishedHarling Road, Quidenham
Received Not publishedThe Gravel Pit ,Strayground Lane Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedFolgate Road ,North Walsham
Received Not publishedDereham Fire Station, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm ,Thurlton Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedSwainsthorpe near Railway Station
Received Not publishedSandringham Estate, Glucksburg Woods
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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