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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Norwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedCarrow Fire Station, The Pineapple, Bracondale, Trowse
Received Not publishedMileham Road, Beeston
Received Not publishedAlderman Swindell First School, Beresford Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4AB
Received Not publishedLand to South of School Road, East Bilney, Beetley, Dereham NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedNorth Elmham VC Primary School, Holt Road
Received Not publishedFormer Sand & Gravel Pit, Colton Road, Colton
Received Not publishedFox Burrows Bedingham
Received Not publishedCaistor Quarry, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedRedgate Junior School, Collingwood Road
Received Not publishedPart OS 139 ,Middleton
Received Not publishedGreyfriars Primary School, London Road, King's Lynn, PE30 5PY
Received Not published1-32 and 34-52(evens) Haslips Close
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (Northern Site) Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market
Received Not publishedOld Buckenham High School, Abbey Road, Old Buckenham, NR17 1RL
Received Not publishedBrundall Primary School, Braydeston Avenue, Brundall, NR13 5JX
Received Not publishedBoundary Pit, Sandhills Lane, Old Yarmouth Road, North Walsham NR29 9NA
Received Not publishedAldeby Landfill Site
Received Not publishedNorthgate High School, Cemetery Road
Received Not publishedLand south of School Road, East Bilney, Beetley, Norfolk, NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedEarsham Quarry , land off Hall Road/Bath Hill Road, Earsham, Bungay, NR35 2AE
Received Not publishedHighgate Infants School, Gaywood Road, King's Lynn, PE30 2PS
Received Not publishedHarford Park & Ride. Land adjoining A140 & B1113, Norwich
Received Not publishedTop Field Quarry, Mill Drove, Blackborough End
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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