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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cromer Bus Station, Prince of Wales Road
Received Not publishedCliff Park First School, Orde Avenue
Received Not publishedBarn End 4 Hall Road, Wood Dalling
Received Not publishedSite opposite Homerton Industrial Estate, Harling Road, Snetterton.
Received Not publishedFakenham Infant & Nursery School, Norwich Road, Fakenham, NR21 8HN
Received Not publishedHethersett Middle School, Queens Road
Received Not publishedCarleton Park ,Ketteringham
Received Not publishedThorpe Hillside Primary School, Hillside Avenue, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0QW
Received Not publishedSt Andrew's VC First School, South Pickenham Road, North Pickenham, PE37 8LG
Received Not publishedWest Carr Industrial Units, West Carr Road
Received Not publishedFairhaven C of E VA Primary School, School Road, South Walsham
Received Not publishedCringleford Primary School, Brambling Lane, Cringleford, Norwich, NR4 7LJ
Received Not published52-54 Yarmouth Road & former Highways Depot
Received Not publishedThe Gravel Pit ,Land Adjoining A134 (Nth.side Stoke Ferry ,
Received Not publishedLand off Grove Road, Brockdish
Received Not publishedSwaffham South Greenhoe VC Middle School Brandon Road Swaffham PE37 7EA
Received Not publishedLand at Hall Farm, Stanfield Road, Wymondham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedCouncil Farm, Church Road, Carleton Rode, Norwich, NR16 1RP
Received Not publishedLand at Longwater Employment Area Dereham Road
Received Not publishedClenchwarton CP School, Main Road, Clenchwarton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedKing's Lynn Museum, Market Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1NL
Received Not publishedNeatherd High School, Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3AX
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Landfill Site ,Power Generation Project Little Hautbois ,Coltishall
Received Not publishedThe Bungalow, Howe Pit
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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