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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Straw Hall Farm, Downham Road, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 0BE
Received Not publishedSEN School, Abbey Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (northern site), Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market
Received Not publishedCrossroad Junction, Dereham Road, Hempton, Norfolk NR21 7JY
Received Not publishedOS Parcel 0021; 0010; 0031; & 3000 at Hill Farm
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Wastewater Treatment Works, Kirby Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8TZ
Received Not publishedGreat Dunham Primary School, Litcham Road, Great Dunham, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedWoodland Home for the Elderly, Grimston Road, South Wootton, PE30 3HU
Received Not published90, 110-118 (evens) 90A and110A Armes Street
Received Not publishedAnzac Pit, Bath Road
Received Not publishedSSE Section of Bridge Road ,Wroxham
Received Not publishedSt Michaels First School, School House Lane, Aylsham, NR11 6EZ
Received Not publishedBreck Farm, Stody Estate, Stody, NR24 2ER
Received Not publishedThe Caravan ,The Street Norton Subcourse ,
Received Not publishedMulbarton First School, The Common
Received Not publishedMountfield HFE, Millcroft
Received Not publishedThe Pineapple, 63 Bracondale, Norwich, NR1 2EE
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth Third River Crossing
Received Not publishedB1108 Watton Road, Colney
Received Not publishedMill Drove ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not publishedHillside Avenue School, Hillside Avenue, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich NR7 0QW
Received Not publishedErnest Gage Avenue, Longwater, Costessey
Received Not published69-75 Thorpe Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (North), Main Road, Crimplesham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 9EB
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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