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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Catton Grove County First School, Hunter Road, Norwich, NR3 3PZ
Received Not publishedPoringland Primary School and Nursery, The Footpath, Poringland, NR14 7RF
Received Not publishedTilney St Lawrence Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedEveretts Farm ,Foulden
Received Not publishedGarboldisham CE VC Primary School, Church Road, Garboldisham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2SE
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry, Land off Alex Moorhouse Way
Received Not publishedLakenham First School & Nursery, Hospital Lane, Norwich
Received Not publishedHeartsease Primary Academy, Rider Haggard Road, Norwich, NR7 9UE
Received Not publishedHeartsease High School, Marryat Road
Received Not publishedSt Augustines Catholic Primary School, West End, Costessey, NR8 5AG
Received Not publishedWilliam Marshall CE VC Primary School, Wisbech Road
Received Not publishedFrans Green Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane, East Tuddenham
Received Not publishedSt Michaels C of E VA School, Geldeston Road
Received Not publishedHorstead Quarry
Received Not publishedGrove House Infant School, Gilpins Ride
Received Not publishedLand off Setch Road, North Runcton, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (Southern Site), Land at Grange Farm, Off Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE33 9EB
Received Not publishedLand at Spong Lane ,Shropham
Received Not publishedAttlebridge Landfill Site, Reepham Road
Received Not publishedFalcon Middle School, Falcon Road, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NT
Received Not publishedGreencomp Compost Site, Wymondham Road
Received Not publishedNorwich/Vernon Hill ,
Received Not publishedLongwater Industrial Area, William Frost Way, Costessey, Norfolk. NR5 0JS
Received Not publishedLand fronting Abbey Road adjacent ro Old Buckingham High School
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.
How to search planning applications
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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