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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Scarning VC Primary School, Dereham Road, Scarning, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2PW
Received Not publishedWoodfruits, Locks Farm Lane
Received Not publishedThetford Drake Infant and Nursery School, Fairfields, off Croxton Road
Received Not publishedSheringham A148 A1082 Junction
Received Not publishedJewsons, Enterprise Way, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8SN
Received Not publishedCrossways Waste Management Facility, Thurlton, NR14 6NZ
Received Not publishedCostessey High School, Middleton Crescent
Received Not publishedMartin's Field ,Horsley's Chase King's Lynn ,
Received Not publishedGarvestone Primary School, Dereham Road
Received Not publishedSouthery Road Farm, Ploughmans Drove, Feltwell IP26 4ET
Received Not publishedHorning Marshes
Received Not publishedFormer Kettering Quarry, Hethersett Road, Ketteringham, Norwich, NR18 4AX
Received Not publishedWissington Sugar Factory, Stoke Ferry
Received Not publishedDenver Primary School, Ryston Road, Denver , Downham Market, PE38 0DP
Received Not publishedShrublands Youth & Community Centre, Magdalen Way
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (North), Main Road, Crimplesham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 9EB
Received Not publishedReepham High School, Whitwell Road, Reepham
Received Not publishedBunns Bank
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill Site, Nr Beccles
Received Not publishedWestfields Infant & Nursery School, West Road, Watton, Thetford, Norfolk. IP25 6AU
Received Not publishedSprowston Falcon Middle School, Falcon Road West, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NT
Received Not publishedHobart High School, Kitten's Lane
Received Not publishedFakenham High School and College, 1A George Edwards Road
Received Not publishedLand South of School Road, East Bilney, Beetley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4HH
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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