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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ashwicken CE VA First School, East Winch Road, Ashwicken, PE32 1LY
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not publishedWhitefriars CE VA Primary School, Whitefriars Road
Received Not publishedClackclose Primary School, Nursery Road
Received Not publishedSnetterton Quarry/Landfill Site, Harling Road
Received Not publishedRackheath CP School, Willoughby Way, Rackheath Norwich, NR13 6SL
Received Not publishedMiddleton Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedHarford Park & Ride, Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR4 6US
Received Not publishedCity of Norwich School, Eaton Road, Norwich, NR4 6PP
Received Not publishedLand West of Cuckoo Lane, Carbrooke Quarry, Carbrooke
Received Not published40 Blithmeadow Drive ,Sprowston Norwich ,
Received Not publishedYarmouth Marine Base, South Denes Road, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedNorth Earlham Fire Station, Ivy Road, Norwich, NR58BQ
Received Not publishedGreen Lane, Off Padgett's Road, Tipps End
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry ,East Dereham
Received Not publishedPulham Market Church of England Primary School, Harleston Road
Received Not publishedUnit adjacent to Wickes, 34-50 Drayton Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedPoringland County Primary School, The Footpath, Poringland NR14 7RF
Received Not publishedRecycling Centre, Welbeck Road
Received Not publishedHethersett High School, Queen's Road
Received Not publishedWells-next-the-Sea Primary & Nursery School, Polka Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. NR23 1JG
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road.
Received Not publishedLower Farm ,East Winch
Received Not published3A Wendover 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
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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