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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land off Griffin Lane, Postwick
Received Not publishedHorstead Quarry, Buxton Road, Horstead NR12 7NX
Received Not publishedStalham Community Infant School, Brumstead Road, Stalham NR12 9DG
Received Not publishedQueensway Community Junior School, Hillary Road
Received Not publishedMarriots Way, Melton Constable
Received Not publishedWymondham Quarry, Stanfield Road, Wymondham
Received Not publishedBurnham Market Water Recycling Centre, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Market, PE31 8EN
Received Not published4 Vicarage Road, Great Hockham
Received Not publishedOxborough Wood, Oxborough
Received Not publishedEaston St Peter's CE VC Primary School, Marlingford Road
Received Not publishedBeetley Quarry
Received Not publishedHolt House Quarry, Leziate
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Silfield Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedAylsham Transfer Station, Unit 6, Dunkirk, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6SU
Received Not published29 Westfield Road ,Brundall
Received Not publishedB1149 Norwich/Holt Road ,Edgefield Hall
Received Not publishedOuter Harbour, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedSand and Gravel Pit ,Right Up Lane Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedCliff Park Middle School, Orde Avenue, Gorleston
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew School, Norwich
Received Not publishedSite adjacent to the New House, Attleborough Road
Received Not publishedOaklands Pit, Common Road
Received Not publishedEllingham Hall Estate
Received Not publishedOriel High School, Oriel Avenue
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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