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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gravel Pit ,Bittering
Received Not publishedSaxlingham Nethergate CE VC Primary, Church Hill
Received Not publishedLand immediately to east and ,west of Lynford Gravel Pit Mundford ,
Received Not publishedLarkman First and Middle School, Clarkson Road
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road, Holt, Norfolk. NR25 6SR
Received Not publishedWatton Depot, Norwich Road, Watton, IP25 6DR
Received Not publishedSargeant's Field & Adjacent Field, Stowbridge, Stow Bardolph
Received Not published3-5 Howlett Way
Received Not publishedLoddon Fire Station, 7 High Street, Loddon, Norfolk NR14 6ET
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry / Land off School Road
Received Not publishedTrowse C P School, Dell Loke
Received Not publishedWestfield HFE, Westfield Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedSt Michael's Voluntary Aided Middle School, Astely Road, Chapel Break, Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9LA
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot
Received Not publishedManor Field First & Nursery School, Manor Road
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry (Plant site), Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedGarvestone Primary School, Dereham Road, Garvestone
Received Not publishedCity Academy, Earlham Road
Received Not publishedHewett School, Cecil Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedNar Valley Quarry ,Pentney
Received Not publishedMethwold Warren, Methwold, Crimplesham
Received Not publishedGamble Plant, Helhoughton Road, Hempton, Fakenham, NR21 7DY
Received Not publishedSwanton Morley Quarry, Billingford
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, Rawhall Lane, East Bilney
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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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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