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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land Northwest of Dobbs’ Beck, Rackheath Lane, Crostwick. NR12 7BF
Received Not publishedBeetley Quarry ,Holt Road Beetley ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent to Riverside Farm, Garage Lane, Setchey, Norfolk, PE33 0BE
Received Not publishedBunwell Primary School, The Turnpike
Received Not publishedSwanton Abbott C P School
Received Not publishedHobart High School, Kittens Lane
Received Not publishedTop Field ,off Wormegay Rd Blackborough End ,Middleton
Received Not publishedCostessey Longwater
Received Not publishedLand at Two Mile Bottom, Mundford Road, Thetford
Received Not publishedLand adj.A148 ,Sculthorpe
Received Not publishedEllingham VC Primary School, Church Road
Received Not publishedWhitlingham STWs
Received Not publishedHumberstone Farm, Mill Road, Cobholm, Gt Yarmouth
Received Not publishedAbbey Road, Old Buckenham NR17 1RH
Received Not publishedBrundall Primary School, Braydeston Avenue, Brundall, Norwich, NR13 5JX
Received Not publishedWelcome Pit, Butt lane, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, NR31 3PY
Received Not publishedLondon Road Industrial Site ,Thetford Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedHoe, Land adjoining western boundary of Swanton Morley Airfield/Beetley Quarry
Received Not publishedSewell Park College, St Clement's Hill
Received Not publishedWymondham High Academy, Folly Road, Wymondham, NR18 0QT
Received Not publishedSprowston Park & Ride Site, Wroxham Road
Received Not publishedLynn Grove VA High School, Lynn Grove
Received Not publishedWest Raynham CE VC Primary School, West Raynham, Fakenham, NR21 7HH
Received Not publishedStonehill Gravel Pit, Thetford Forest
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
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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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