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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Junction of A140 with C497 Bungay Road and B1527 Hempnall Road in the parish of Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk NR15 1NR
Received Not publishedLand West of Gibbet Lane, East Beckham, North Norfolk,
Received Not publishedBeetley Quarry ,Land south-west of Swanton Morley Airfield ,Beetley
Received Not publishedMayton Wood, Little Hautbois Road
Received Not publishedWensum Middle School, Turner Road, Norwich, NR2 4HB
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,SW of Mill Corner Carbrooke ,Thetford
Received Not publishedAshleigh First School, Sheffield Road
Received Not publishedWymondham Silfield Primary School, Land South of Rightup Lane, Silfield, Wymondham, NR18 9NB
Received Not publishedLand off East Winch Road
Received Not publishedClay Hall Farm, Great Witchingham
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Bridge Road Industrial Estate Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedLand at Wood Farm, Dereham Road, Ovington, Thetford IP25 6RS
Received Not publishedGlebeland Community Primary School, Yarmouth Road, Toft Monks
Received Not publishedSpixworth First School, Ivy Road
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to the existing pumping station off High Common, Morley St Botolph opposite the junction with Chapel Rd
Received Not publishedBawsey Brickyard
Received Not publishedEmneth CP School, Hollycroft Road
Received Not publishedEllingham Primary School, Church Road
Received Not publishedEaton (CNS) County High School, Eaton Road, Norwich, NR4 6PP
Received Not publishedAldeby Quarry, Aldeby
Received Not publishedSalhouse V C Primary School, Cheyney Avenue
Received Not publishedNEWS Waste Management Site, Unit 6, Dunkirk Industrial Estate, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6SS
Received Not publishedLand south of Rawhall Lane, Beetley, Dereham, Norfolk NR20
Received Not publishedArea 439 Inner Dowsing, Sea North of Holme next the Sea
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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