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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cromer High School, Norwich Road, Cromer, NR27 0EX
Received Not publishedLarkshall Mill, Thetford Road, Wretham, IP24 1QY
Received Not publishedHales Waste Control Ltd ,Attlebridge Landfill Site Reepham Rd ,Attlebridge
Received Not publishedWest Earlham First School, Scarnell Road
Received Not publishedLand at Edges Lane, Long Stratton
Received Not publishedSheringham Recycling Centre
Received Not published12 Newton Close, Trowse
Received Not publishedBay 6 ,Aylsham Industrial Estate Dunkirk ,Aylsham
Received Not publishedTXU Energy Site William Frost Way Old Costessey
Received Not publishedBerths 2-4 South Denes Road
Received Not publishedLand at Cornish Way Business Park, Lyngate Industrial Estate, North Walsham NR28 0FE
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Re-cycling ,Centre, Sandy Hill, ,Worstead
Received Not publishedStoke Ferry Landfill Site (North), Land Adjoining A134
Received Not publishedUnit 2, Frans Green Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane, East Tuddenham, Dereham, NR20 3JG
Received Not publishedCliff Park High School, Kennedy Avenue, Gorleston
Received Not publishedKing Edward VII School, Gaywood Road
Received Not publishedUnit 2D Wellesley Road, Tharston Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedMintlyn Quarry, Gayton Road
Received Not publishedOS Field No 5261 (part) ,Land to East of Wormegay Road Pentney Quarry ,Pentney King's Lynn
Received Not publishedH'hold Waste Recycling Centre ,Off B1454 Docking ,Norfolk
Received Not published10b Red Lion Street
Received Not publishedSand & Gravel Pit ,Right Up Lane Wymondham ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedBrick & flint wall to rear of nos 5,6,7 & 8 Maida Vale, Park Lane, Norwich
Received Not publishedStonepits Kilverstone
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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