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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Magdalen Village School, Park Crescent
Received Not publishedSwaffham Junior Academy, Brandon Road, Swaffham, PE37 7EA
Received Not publishedChapel Break First School, Thurlby Road, Chapel Break, Bowthorpe
Received Not publishedWatton Road ,Colney
Received Not publishedWest Flegg VC Middle School, Black Street,
Received Not publishedCostessey County Infant School, Beaumont Road, Norwich, NR5 0HG
Received Not publishedKing Edward VII School, Gaywood Road, King's Lynn, PE30 2QB
Received Not publishedSlad Lane, Bylaugh, Bawdeswell, Norfolk, NR20 4RH
Received Not publishedPart OS Field 273 ,Manor Farm East Winch ,
Received Not publishedCostessey Infants School, Beaumont Road
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry, Beeston with Bittering
Received Not publishedLand off A140/A1270 northern junction, Cromer Road, Norwich, Norfolk
Received Not publishedSnettisham Quarry, Norton Hill, Snettisham, King's Lynn PE31 7LZ
Received Not publishedThe Hollies HFE, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedLand at Colton Road ,Marlingford
Received Not publishedCarter Concrete Ltd, Britons Lane, Beeston Regis, Norfolk, NR26 8TP
Received Not publishedFreedom Farm, Freedom Recycling Ltd, Cowles Drove, Hockwold Cum Wilton IP26 4JQ
Received Not publishedHeigham WTW, Waterworks Road
Received Not publishedFakenham Fire Station, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedHarfreys Road, Harfreys Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedWillow Farm, Clay Hall Lane, Blo'Norton, Diss, IP22 2HZ
Received Not publishedO.S. Field No 8666 ,West of Watlington Road Tottenhill ,
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrews High School, Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, NR7 0XS
Received Not publishedG C & F C Knight Ltd, Estate Office, Stody, Melton Constable NR24 2ER
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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