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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ground Floor, The Old Rectory, 21 Oak Street, Fakenham, NR21 9DX
Received Not publishedBoardman House, Redwell Street, Norwich, NR2 4SL
Received Not publishedBridgham
Received Not publishedHamond's High School Sixth Form College, Brandon Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedUnit 5b Burrell Way
Received Not publishedHoney Pots, Manor Farm
Received Not publishedShropham Quarry, Swangley Lane, Rocklands, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1XJ
Received Not publishedThe Nursery, Marsh Road, Walpole St Andrew
Received Not publishedPentney Quarry, Pentney, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedFrans Green Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane, East Tuddenham, Dereham, Norwich, NR20 3JG
Received Not publishedDereham Neatherd High School, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedSite to south of Old Orchard House, Church Lane, Banham
Received Not publishedWalpole Highway Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedPlot16 ,Rackheath Industrial Estate Green Lane West ,Rackheath
Received Not publishedColney Pit ,Watton Road
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedCarbrooke Quarry, Mill Corner
Received Not publishedBoundary Pit, Off Sandy Hills, Old Yarmouth Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9NA
Received Not publishedSt Williams CP School, Williams Loke, Thorpe St Andrew
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedSwaffham Sewage Treatment Works, Watton Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedLand adjoining Mill Drove ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Frans Green Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane, East Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 3JG
Received Not publishedCostessey sand & Gravel Quarry,Dereham Road Costessey ,Norwich
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
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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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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