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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Barford County Primary School, Chapel Street, Barford, Norfolk, NR9 4AB
Received Not publishedPart NG 0040, Hillington.
Received Not publishedMartham First School, School Road
Received Not publishedUnit 3 ,Oaktree Business Park Basey road, Rackheath, Norwich,
Received Not publishedHall Lane
Received Not published120 Northumberland Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedSprowston High School, Cannerby Lane
Received Not publishedBoundary Pit, Sandhills Lane, Old Yarmouth Road, North Walsham NR29 9NA
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Sewage Treatment Works, Kirby Road, Whitlingham
Received Not publishedLongwater Construction Supplies, William Frost Way, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0JS
Received Not publishedGlaven Pits Ltd, Wall's Lane, Glandford, Letheringsett with Glandford.
Received Not publishedLand at Grange Farm, Off Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market, Norfolk
Received Not publishedThetford Library, 2 Raymond Street
Received Not publishedSwanton Morley Quarry ,Billingford Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedHockwold Primary School, Main Street, Hockwold, Thetford IP26 4LP
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew, St Williams CP School, Williams Loke, St Williams Way, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich NR7 0AJ
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedWissington Sugar Factory, College Road, Wereham, Norfolk, PE33 9QG
Received Not publishedHainford First School, Newton Road
Received Not publishedStoke Ferry - land off A134
Received Not publishedSmithdon High School, Downs Road
Received Not publishedCaretakers House, Caister Infants School, Kingston Avenue
Received Not publishedFields OS7000 & 6990 ,Bridge Farm Dickleburgh ,
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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