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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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7-49, 54-71, 7A-22A William Mear Gardens, Norwich
Received Not publishedLagoons at Upgate Road, Seething, Norfolk, NR15 1EL
Received Not publishedAlderman Peel High School, Market Lane, Well-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1RB
Received Not publishedTrowse CP School, Dell Loke
Received Not publishedArchbishop Sancroft High School, Wilderness Lane
Received Not publishedPittwood Farm ,Reymerstone Garvestone ,Norwich
Received Not publishedDereham Fire Station, Norwich Road, Dereham
Received Not publishedTrafford Estate
Received Not publishedPippin's Heath Plantation ,Holt
Received Not publishedBy railway line Morton on the Hill
Received Not publishedBrookside Depot ,Buxton Road Frettenham ,Norwich
Received Not publishedLand east of Lynn Road ,Tottenhill
Received Not publishedHilgay Village VC Primary School, Church View
Received Not publishedCanterbury Infant School, Canterbury Way
Received Not published4, Minstergate, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1BN
Received Not publishedWaste Management Site, Little Hautbois Road, Mayton Wood.
Received Not publishedWells Recycling Centre, Warham Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1NE
Received Not publishedRoad Haulage Depot, Welbeck Road, Bergh Apton.
Received Not publishedFerry Boatyard, Ferrygate Lane
Received Not publishedJustices' Clerk's Office, The Courthouse, Old Bury Road, Thetford, IP24 3AQ
Received Not publishedCarleton Park ,Ketteringham
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road.
Received Not publishedLarkshall Mill, East Wretham
Received Not publishedFormer Sand & Gravel Quarry, Green Lane, West Lexham
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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