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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Boundary Pit, Sandhills Lane, Old Yarmouth Road, North Walsham NR28 9NA
Received Not publishedJohn Grant Special Needs School, St Georges Drive, Caister-On-Sea, NR30 5QW
Received Not publishedFramingham Earl High School, Norwich Road, Framingham Earl, Norfolk, NR14 7QP
Received Not publishedWoodlands Middle School, Church Walk
Received Not publishedOrmesby Middle School, North Road
Received Not publishedHoward Infant & Nursery School, Parkway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4QJ
Received Not publishedHopton First School, Coast Road, Hopton
Received Not publishedOaklands Farm, Sidegate Road, Hopton On Sea, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AP
Received Not publishedA1 Car Spares, Shorthorn Road
Received Not publishedAcle Primary School, Fletcher Way, Acle, NR13 3PQ
Received Not publishedSouth Harford Middle School, Locksley Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedPeterhouse First & Middle School, Peterhouse Avenue
Received Not publishedStrumpshaw Closed Landfill Site, Mill Hill, Strumpshaw
Received Not publishedSouth Acre Gravel Pit ,Near Big Wood
Received Not publishedBorrow Pit & Stockpile Field, West Road, Caister on Sea, Norfolk, NR30 5AQ
Received Not publishedWymondham Sewage Treatment Works, Chapel Lane
Received Not publishedThe Oakes, Kenninghall Road
Received Not publishedWymondham High School, Wymondham High Academy, Folly Road, Wymondham, NR18 0QT
Received Not publishedFosters End ,East Winch
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew School, Laundry Lane
Received Not publishedRecycling Centre, Harfrey's Road, Harfrey's Road Ind Estate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 0LN
Received Not publishedSt Andrews VC First School, South Pickenham Road, North Pickenham, PE37 8LG
Received Not publishedHumbletoft ,Sandy Lane Dereham ,
Received Not publishedBus Interchange Site, Surrey Street
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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