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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse Norfolk Rural Life Museum, Union House, Litcham Road, Gressenhall, NR20 4DR
Received Not publishedRackheath CP Primary School, Willoughby Way, Rackheath, Norwich, NR13 6SL
Received Not publishedBeetley Quarry, Beetley, East Dereham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedMarsham C P School, High Street, Marsham
Received Not publishedBuxton Road Frettenham
Received Not publishedMundesley Junior School, Trunch Road
Received Not publishedLongview, Dickfools Lane, Wendling
Received Not publishedSwaffham Fire Station, West Acre Road
Received Not publishedHillcrest Primary School, Downham Market, PE38 9ND
Received Not publishedNorth Elmham CP School, Holt Road, North Elmham, NR20 5JS
Received Not publishedHewett School, Cecil Road, Norwich, NR1 2PL
Received Not publishedCley Road Holt
Received Not publishedSuffield Park Infants & Nursery School, Mill Road
Received Not publishedTerrington St Clement CP School, 72 Churchgate Way
Received Not published100-110 Hotblack Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedHorning Community Primary School, Lower Street
Received Not publishedNeatherd High School, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedLand at Lyng, Easthaugh ,
Received Not publishedRed Roof Farm ,Ludham Road Potter Heigham ,
Received Not publishedLand South of B1108, Carbrooke, Norfolk, IP25 6TH
Received Not publishedMineral Workings ,Mill Road Blackborough End ,
Received Not publishedHethersett Woodside Infant & Nursery School, Firs Road
Received Not publishedSnettisham Primary School
Received Not publishedLand to the East of Easton Gymnastics Club, Deer Park House, Bawburgh Road, Easton, Norfolk, NR9 5EA
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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