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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Litcham Road ,Beeston
Received Not publishedCommon Road
Received Not publishedHilgay Village Primary School, Church View, Hilgay, PE38 0JL
Received Not publishedJoe Blunts Lane Thetford
Received Not publishedFeltwell Landfill Site ,Feltwell Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedMartham First School, School Road, Martham
Received Not publishedGreenpark Academy, Land to the north of Greenpark Avenue and the east of Columbia Way, Kings Lynn.
Received Not publishedFeltwell Quarry, Lodge Lane, Feltwell Norfolk
Received Not publishedEarsham CEVA First School, School Road, Earsham, Bungay, NR35 2TF
Received Not publishedPhiladelphia House, Home for the Elderly, Penn Grove, Norwich
Received Not publishedHillcrest Primary School, Hillcrest, Downham Market, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE38 9ND
Received Not publishedEast Winch Road, Blackborough End, Middleton, King's Lynn, PE32 1SF
Received Not publishedLand at Station Road
Received Not publishedRed Roof Farm, Ludham Road, Potter Heigham
Received Not publishedCavell First School & Nursery, Duckett Close
Received Not publishedHarfreys Road ,Harfreys Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Beeston
Received Not publishedBeetley Civic Amenity Site, Folly Lane
Received Not publishedNewton Flotman CE VC School, School Road, Newton Flotman, Norwich, NR15 1PR
Received Not publishedWells-next-to-Sea Primary and Nursery School, Polka Road
Received Not publishedLand south side of Breydon Water extending a distance of 1750 yards or thereabouts west of the County Borough Boundary.
Received Not publishedNorse Commercial Services Ltd, 280 Fifers Lane, Norwich NR6 6EQ
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Lenwade Station, Station Road, Lenwade, Norfolk
Received Not publishedGas Terminal ,Paston Road Bacton ,Norwich
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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