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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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South of Bridge Industrial ,Site Bridge Road ,Wymondham
Received Not publishedHempnall Primary School, The Street
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Landfill Site,Power Generation Project Mill Drove ,Blackborough end
Received Not publishedCornish Way Business Park, North Walsham NR28 0AW
Received Not publishedColman County Middle School, South Park Avenue, Norwich, NR4 7AU
Received Not publishedEast of Corpusty-Edgefield Road
Received Not publishedSite 4b , Great Yarmouth Energy Park, Oceans Yard, Salmon Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand adjoining Top Field Quarry
Received Not publishedLand off B1527 near Tasburgh
Received Not publishedRosemary Musker High School, Croxton Road, Thetford
Received Not publishedYarmouth Marine Base and Berths 2-4 South Denes Road
Received Not publishedLand to the North of Chaplin Road, Bradwell, NR31 9XW
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Strayground Lane Wymondham ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedCostessey Borrow Pit ,Costessey Nr. Easton ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedDisused Railway Cutting ,Swaffham
Received Not publishedLongwater Construction Supplies, William Frost Way, Costessey, Norwich NR5 0JS
Received Not published'Worlds End' ,Sparham Hole Sparham ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedSuffield Park Infant & Nursery School, Mill Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0AD
Received Not publishedLand at Drayton ,
Received Not publishedAttleborough Junior School, 18-20 Besthorpe Road, Attleborough, NR17 2NA
Received Not publishedSedgeford First School, Ringstead Road, Sedgeford
Received Not publishedMagdalen Village School, Park Crescent
Received Not publishedLand to the East of Easton Gymnastics Club, Deer Park House, Bawburgh Road, Easton, Norfolk NR9 5EA
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent The Runway, Woodforde Farm, Weston Longville, Norwich, NR9 5LG
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.
How to search planning applications
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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