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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Off Edinburgh Way ,Thetford
Received Not publishedNorthside Roundabout, Yarmouth Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedFolly Lane ,Beetley
Received Not publishedLand adjacent School Lane
Received Not publishedFarm Hill ,Lower Billingford (A143) Scole ,
Received Not publishedField South of Beetley Common, Beetley Quarry
Received Not publishedPit No.1, Quidenham Road, East Harling.
Received Not publishedNorfolk Pet Crematorium, Shortthorn Road, Felthorpe.
Received Not publishedFen Rivers Academy, Kilhams Way, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 2HU
Received Not publishedSidestrand Hall School, Cromer Road, Sidestrand, NR27 0NH
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill Site, Oaklands Gravel Pit
Received Not publishedland to the East of Easton Gymnastics Club, Deer Park House, Bawburgh Road, Easton, Norfolk NR9 5EA
Received Not publishedMagdalen Gates First School, Bull Close Road, Norwich, NR3 1NG
Received Not publishedNCS Depot, Unit 6, Dunkirk Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry ,Beeston Dereham ,
Received Not publishedOS 2688 ,Tivetshall St Margaret
Received Not publishedMill Drove ,Blackborough End King's Lynn ,
Received Not publishedAbbey Farm Schools, Canterbury Way, Thetford
Received Not publishedHorsford CE Infant School, Holt Road, Horsford, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 3DN
Received Not publishedSprowston Training Centre, Church Lane, Sprowston, Norwich
Received Not publishedSt Martha's RC Primary School, Field Lane, Gaywood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4AY
Received Not publishedWatton Library, George Trollope Road, Watton, IP25 6AS
Received Not publishedWest Walton STW, River Road
Received Not publishedPippins Heath Plantation ,Hunworth Road Holt ,
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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