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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Watlington Quarry, Watlington Road, Watlington, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 0RG
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Landfill Site
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Recycling Centre
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry, Longdell Quarry, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedLyng Pit ,Lyng Easthaugh
Received Not publishedNeatherd Community High School, Norwich Road, Dereham
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Holbrook Business Park London Road Suton Norfolk NR18 9SS
Received Not publishedCostessey Transfer Station & Materials Recycling Facilities. Longwater Business Park, Costessey, Norwich NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedMousehold Lane Sprowston
Received Not publishedManor Field Infant & Nursery School, Manor Road, Long Stratton, Norwich, NR15 2XR
Received Not publishedEarlham High School, Earlham Road
Received Not publishedSnettisham Quarry
Received Not publishedAcle High School, South Walsham Road
Received Not publishedNarborough Community Centre Chalk Lane
Received Not publishedRossfield, Reepham Road, Horsford, NR10 3AL
Received Not publishedStanfield Quarry, Stanfield, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4JJ
Received Not publishedFormer Feed Mill ,Whittington Hill Whittington ,
Received Not publishedThorpe High School, Laundry Lane
Received Not publishedFairstead CP Primary School, William Booth Way
Received Not publishedEarlham High School, Earlham Road
Received Not publishedLand at Costessey
Received Not published244 Southtown Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1DZ
Received Not publishedShropham Pit, Off Swangey Lane
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (Northern Site), Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market
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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