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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ashcraft Farm ,Main Road Crimplesham ,
Received Not publishedMartham First School, School Road
Received Not publishedOulton Hall Estate, Oulton
Received Not publishedQueen's Hill Primary & Nursery School, Kestrel Avenue, Costessey, Norwich NR8 5FT
Received Not publishedThorpe Marshes ,
Received Not publishedTaverham Middle School, Taverham Road, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6SX
Received Not publishedNorfolk County Council, Hethersett Academy, Queens Road, Hethersett, NR9 3DB
Received Not publishedBeech Walk Keswick
Received Not publishedLongham Quarry ,Reed Lane, Longham
Received Not publishedClackclose Primary School, Nursery Road, Downham Market, PE38 9PF
Received Not publishedLongwater Business Park, Longwater, Costessey, Norwich.
Received Not publishedAlderman Peel High School, Market Lane, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. NR23 1RB
Received Not publishedHarford Manor School, Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR2 2LN
Received Not publishedCaister Waste Transfer Station, Pump Lane, Caister, Great Yarmouth. NR30 5BE
Received Not publishedAttleborough High School, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, Rawhall Lane, East Bilney, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedStalham High School, Brumstead Road, Stalham
Received Not publishedScole Primary School, Norwich Road, Scole
Received Not publishedSparhawk Infant & Nursery School, Sparhawk Avenue, Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 8BU
Received Not publishedFred Nicholson School, Westfield Road
Received Not publishedKetteringham Quarry, Hethersett Road, Ketteringham
Received Not publishedWatton Airfield, Watton, Norfolk
Received Not publishedCorpusty County Primary School, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedEarlham Early Years Centre, Cadge Road, Norwich, NR5 8DB
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
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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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