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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Dereham Road ,New Costessey
Received Not publishedReedham Primary School, School Hill, Reedham
Received Not publishedLand off Setch Road, Setch Road, North Runton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedWells Library, Station Road, Wells-Next-the-Sea, NR23 1EA
Received Not publishedAdj The Nursery ,Marsh Road Walpole St Andrew ,
Received Not publishedThe Grove ,Reymerston
Received Not publishedHorstead Quarry, Grange Farm, Horstead, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLangor Bridge ,Great Ryburgh Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedStone Road ,Strumpshaw
Received Not published3-4 Howlett Way
Received Not publishedOff Edward Benefer Way ,Kings Lynn
Received Not publishedThe Belfry CE VA Primary School, 23 Cromer Road, Overstrand, NR27 0NT
Received Not publishedAttleborough Junior School, 18 - 20 Besthorpe Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2AN
Received Not publishedUnion Farm, Norfolk Rural Life Museum, Gressenhall
Received Not publishedLand at B1108 Watton Road
Received Not publishedHingham Primary School, Hardingham Street
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Costessey Landfill Site, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey.
Received Not publishedShropham Quarry, Swangey Lane
Received Not publishedBurgh Road ,Gorleston
Received Not publishedNeatherd High School, Norwich Road, Dereham
Received Not published1-40 Gamewell Close
Received Not publishedJubilee Farm, Southery Feltwell
Received Not publishedAlderman Peel High School, Market Lane, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1RB
Received Not publishedThe Knackery, Cliffe-en-Howe Road,Pott Row, Grimston
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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