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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Downham Market Fire Station, Ryston Close, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 9BD
Received Not publishedTrowse Coated Stone Plant and Railhead, Old Bracondale, Trowse, Norwich, NR1 2EG
Received Not publishedStow Bridge, The Bridge over the River Great Ouse
Received Not publishedForest Retail Park, London Road, Thetford
Received Not publishedUnit 1 Bridge Industrial Estate, Silfield Road
Received Not publishedWiggenhall St Germans Primary School, School Lane
Received Not publishedAdult Training Centre, Bryggen Road, North Lynn Industrial Estate, King's Lynn PE30 2HZ
Received Not publishedReffley County Primary School, Reffley Lane, King's Lynn, PE30 3SF
Received Not publishedSPC Atlas Works, Lenwade
Received Not publishedFormer Sand & Gravel Pit ,Mayton Wood
Received Not publishedHunstanton Smithdon County High School, Downs Road, Hunstanton, PE36 5HY
Received Not publishedLitcham Primary School, Pound Lane, Litcham PE32 2QT
Received Not publishedOvery Marshes, Burnham Overy Staithe, Nr Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.
Received Not publishedCringleford Primary School, Brambling Lane, Cringleford, Norfolk, NR4 7LJ
Received Not publishedFoulsham CP School, High Street, Foulsham, Dereham, NR20 5RT
Received Not publishedEast Ruston Infant School, School Road
Received Not publishedGressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Gressenhall, Dereham, NR20 4DR
Received Not publishedMorley St Botolph, Attleborough Norfolk, NR18
Received Not publishedEarsham Quarry Plant Site, land off Bath Hills Road, Earsham, Bungay, Norfolk
Received Not publishedUnit 2, Little Snoring Airfield, Thursford Road
Received Not publishedBritons Lane ,Beeston Regis
Received Not publishedHighfield House, Fakenham College, Wells Road, Fakenham, NR21 9HP
Received Not publishedWillow Industrial Estate, Willow Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE34 3RD
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Centre ,Crimplesham Road West Dereham ,
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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