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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Walpole Cross Keys Primary School, Sutton Road
Received Not publishedClackclose Primary School, Nursery Road, Downham Market, PE38 9PF
Received Not publishedBlofield C P School, North Street
Received Not publishedRiddlesworth - Kenninghall
Received Not publishedManor Farm ,East Winch
Received Not publishedBlyth Jex School, St Clements Hill
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Readymix Concrete Plant, Trowse with Newton
Received Not published6 Roman Way ,Fison Way Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedSwaffham Magistrates Court, West Acre Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedGressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Beech House
Received Not publishedBlakely Cross Quarry, Grimston Warren
Received Not publishedWissington Sugar Factory ,
Received Not publishedStation Road, Lingwood, Norfolk NR13 4AZ
Received Not publishedEarsham CEVA First School, School Road, Earsham, Bungay, NR35 2TF
Received Not publishedSouth Wootton Junior School, Hall Lane, South Wootton, King’s Lynn, PE30 3JZ
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry (Plant Site), Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedLand at Willows Business Park, Saddlebow Road
Received Not publishedKetteringham Quarry, Hethersett Road, Ketteringham
Received Not publishedWest Winch and North Runcton
Received Not publishedHolt Road, East Beckham, Sheringham
Received Not publishedRosemary Musker High School, Croxton Road
Received Not publishedWaste Recycling Centre, Station Road, West Dereham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 9RR
Received Not publishedLakenham Leisure Centre, Cricket Ground Road. Lakenham
Received Not publishedSt Clements High School, Churchgateway,
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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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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