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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Greenhoe CE VC Middle School, Brandon Road, Swaffham, PE37 7EA
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road, Holt, Norfolk. NR25 6SR
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (North), Main Road, Crimplesham, Kings Lynn, PE33 9EB
Received Not publishedEast side of Taverham Road, Costessey
Received Not publishedWest of Whitehouse Farm ,Pentney
Received Not publishedCounty Hall , Martineau Lane
Received Not publishedPriory Farm ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not publishedFlegg High School, Somerton Road
Received Not publishedBus Interchange Site, Surrey Street
Received Not publishedSalthouse/Cley Marshes,Nr Holt
Received Not publishedAntingham & Southrepps School, Station Road, Southrepps, Norwich, NR11 8UG
Received Not publishedEarlham Nursery Early Excellence Centre, Cadge Road, Norwich, NR5 8DB
Received Not publishedWest Winch Housing Access Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedBlenheim Park Community Primary School, Lancaster Road
Received Not publishedMillfield Primary School, Recreation Road, North Walsham NR28 OES
Received Not publishedPart marshland O/S 6878 lying between disused railway line and River Waveney and between Earsham and Bungay
Received Not publishedStrayground Lane ,Wymondham
Received Not publishedChapel Break First School, Thurlby Road, Chapel Break, Norwich NR5 9LU
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedGarfield House, 15 Norwich Road, Dereham, Norfolk NR20 3AE
Received Not publishedNorwich Central Library, Theatre Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedMile Cross Lane ,Norwich
Received Not publishedQueensway Community Junior School, Hillary Road
Received Not publishedLand to the rear of Kelling Gallery, Kelling
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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