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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Costessey Pits (Clearwater) ,Taverham Lane Costessey ,
Received Not publishedVanguard Road ,Bradwell
Received Not publishedMill View Middle School, Gentry Place, Norwich, NR5 8XZ
Received Not publishedWymondham High School, Folly Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0QT
Received Not publishedYew Tree Farm, Tivetshall Road, Pulham Market, Norfolk IP21 4XN
Received Not publishedMarsham Primary School, High Street
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Greenpark Avenue and the east of Columbia Way, Kings Lynn. (Greenpark Academy).
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Recycling Centre, Little Hautbois
Received Not publishedDiss High School, Walcot Road
Received Not publishedDevelopment site off Green Lane West, Rackheath
Received Not publishedEarsham C of E First School, School Road, Earsham, Bungay, NR35 2TF
Received Not publishedLand North of Ernest Gage Way, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey, Norwich NR5 0TX
Received Not publishedRosemary Musker High School, Croxton Road
Received Not publishedLand at Manor Farm, Crimplesham
Received Not publishedTaverham High School, Beech Avenue, Taveham, NR8 6HP
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Bittering, East Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS
Received Not published85A Waterworks Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 4DB
Received Not publishedHendee House, Battery Road, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedMayton Road ,Mayton Nr Coltishall ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedHorstead Quarry, Buxton Road, Horstead, Norfolk NR12 7NX
Received Not publishedEaton Hall School, Pettus Road
Received Not publishedBeside River Thet
Received Not publishedLand off Long Street, Great Ellingham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedAlpheus Environmental Ltd, Whitlingham WwTW, Kirby Road, Kirby Bedon
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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