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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bittering Quarry ,Bittering
Received Not publishedMill Drove, Blackborough End King's Lynn, PE32 1SW
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to West Hall Farm, Gayton, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand off A140/A1270 northern junction, Cromer Road, Norwich, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLocalfast Waste Transfer , Station Crossways Farm Depot ,Thurlton
Received Not publishedCecil House ,Mullicourt Road Outwell ,PE14 8PX
Received Not publishedCity of Norwich School, Eaton Road, Norwich, NR4 6PP
Received Not publishedGarfield House, 15 Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3AE
Received Not publishedLignacite Quarry, off High Street
Received Not publishedLand to West of A47, Harfrey's Road, Harfrey's Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 0JS
Received Not publishedPump Lane, ,West Caister
Received Not publishedCostessey Transfer Station, Longwater Business Park
Received Not publishedHockwold Pimary School, Main Street
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site
Received Not publishedOriel High School, Oriel Avenue, Gorleston
Received Not publishedSt Margaret's House, St Margaret's Place, King's Lynn, PE30 5DR
Received Not publishedNecton VA Primary School, School Road, Necton, PE37 8HT
Received Not publishedEmneth Nursery School, Hollycroft Road, Emneth, Wisbech, PE14 8AY
Received Not publishedWiggenhall St Germans Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth VA High School, Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 4LS
Received Not publishedBunns Bank
Received Not published46 New Conduit Street, King's Lynn PE30 1DL
Received Not publishedSnetterton Landfill Site, Harling Road
Received Not publishedLand to the South East of Ringland Lane
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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