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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land adjacent to Longwater Construction, William Frost Way, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0JS
Received Not publishedAdjacent to Fulwood House, ,East Winch King's Lynn ,
Received Not published51-63 (odds) Lothian Street
Received Not publishedWest Walton Fire Station, 1 Ingleborough Farm, West Walton, Norfolk PE14 7EU
Received Not publishedFairhaven CE VA Primary School, School Road, South Walsham
Received Not published7 Spruce Crescent ,Poringland
Received Not publishedBlofield Primary School, East side of Plantation Road, Blofield, NR13 4PL
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Water Treatment Works, Kirby Road, Norwich NR14 8TZ
Received Not publishedBlockworks Site ,Gravel Pit, off Swangey Lane Shropham ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand North of Mill Road, Mill Road, Cobholm, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0BA
Received Not publishedRidgeons, Attleborough Road, Rocklands, Norwich NR17 1UF
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH
Received Not publishedSouthtown Primary School, Tamworth Lane, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0HJ
Received Not publishedA47 Norwich Southern Bypass
Received Not publishedPart O.S.0059 & Part O.S.3377 ,walpole Cross Keys
Received Not publishedBracondale ,Trowse Norwich ,
Received Not publishedHarling Road, Quidenham
Received Not publishedFormer Gravel and Sand Pit , Adjacent to C532 Road
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill Site
Received Not publishedBawdeswell Primary School, Foxley Road, Bawdeswell, NR20 4RR
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Street, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1BJ
Received Not publishedHobart High School, Kittens Lane
Received Not publishedArable field off, Church Road, Bradfield, Norfolk, NR28 0QR
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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