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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Watlington Quarry, Watlington Road, Tottenhill, Nr Watlington, King's Lynn, PE33 0RG
Received Not publishedBeech House, Gressenhall Rural Life Museum, Gressenhall
Received Not publishedHarfrey's Road, Harfrey's Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedVeolia ES (UK) Ltd, Ernest Gage Avenue, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedWoodton Primary School, Norwich Road ...
Received Not publishedSilverdale ,Bawsey
Received Not publishedMoat Farm, Moat Road, Terrington St Clement, Norfolk
Received Not publishedEdgefield Quarry ,Edgefield Melton Constable ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth Alderman Swindell First School, Beresford Road
Received Not publishedLand off White Horse Lane, Trowse, Norfolk
Received Not publishedTarmac Southern, Whitehouse Farm, Abbey Road, Pentney PE32 1JT
Received Not publishedUnit 11, Sprowston Retail Park, Salhouse Road, Norwich
Received Not published17 Cornish Way, North Walsham, NR28 0AW
Received Not publishedBowthorpe Community Centre, Bowthorpe Hall Road, Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9AA
Received Not publishedReepham High School, Whitwell Road
Received Not publishedLand fronting the north west side of London Road, Attleborough between car sales service centre and new housing at Goldfinch Drive.
Received Not publishedLand at Haddiscoe ,
Received Not publishedPoultry Farm, Spixworth Road
Received Not publishedMarshall Cook Ltd, Burrell Way, Stephenson Way Industrial Estate, Thetford
Received Not publishedKinsale Junior School, Kinsale Avenue, Hellesdon
Received Not publishedBeck Farm Frettenham
Received Not publishedLand at Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedDouble Banks Farm, Old Buckenham Road, Carleton Rode, NR16 1NH
Received Not publishedDownham Market Fire Station, Ryston Close, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 9BD
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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