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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
County Council Area Offices, Tar Works Road
Received Not publishedBritish Sugar Cantley Landfill Site
Received Not publishedWellbeck Road ,Bergh Apton
Received Not publishedEaton (CNS) High School, Eaton Road, Norwich, NR4 6PP
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not published17 Cornish Way, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 0AW
Received Not publishedThe Nursery ,Marsh Road Walpole St Andrew ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedJohn Grant Special Needs School, St Georges Drive, Caister-On-Sea, Norfolk NR30 5QW
Received Not publishedNelson Academy, Nursery Road, Downham Market, Norfolk PE38 9PF
Received Not publishedFeltwell Quarry, Lodge Road, Feltwell, Norfolk, IP26 4DR
Received Not publishedNecton VA Primary School, School Road, Necton, PE37 8HT
Received Not publishedHumberstone Farm, Mill Road, Cobholm, Gt Yarmouth
Received Not publishedCharles Burrell High School, Staniforth Road, Thetford, IP24 3LH
Received Not publishedLand South of School Road, East Bilney, Beetley, Dereham, NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedRiverside Farm, Off Grange lane,Setchey, Kings Lynn, Norfolk,PE33 0AT
Received Not publishedLand at Longham Heath ,Bittering
Received Not publishedSouthern Area Office, High Street, Watton
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Landfill Site,Power Generation Project Mill Drove ,Blackborough End
Received Not publishedLand East and West of Station Road, Leziate, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1EJ
Received Not publishedSprowston Library, Recreation Ground Road, Sprowston, Norwich
Received Not publishedLand off Norwich Road ,Besthorpe Attleborough ,
Received Not publishedRossfield, Reepham Road, Horsford, Norwich, NR10 3AL
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry, Longdell Hills, Easton, Norfolk
Received Not publishedCromer High School
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage