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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ethel Tipple School, Winston Churchill Drive, Fairstead, King's Lynn, PE30 4RP
Received Not publishedCaister Recycling Centre, Pump Lane
Received Not publishedBrow of the Hill, Leziate
Received Not published15 Hooper Lane, Norwich NR3 4ED
Received Not publishedHarmans Lane ,Needham Harleston ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedShropham Pit, Off Swangey Lane
Received Not publishedCostessey High School, Middleton Crescent
Received Not publishedRepton House, Parkside Drive, Old Catton, Norwich NR6 7DP
Received Not publishedNEWS Materials Recovery Facility, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road
Received Not publishedVanguard Road, Gapton Hall Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedTelford Way ,Thetford
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Strayground Lane Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry (Plant Site), Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedLand at Snetterton
Received Not publishedNorthfields First and Nursery School, Lovelace Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedRe - Units 1-14, Brinell Way, Harfreys Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedEast Winch CE VA Primary School, Church Lane
Received Not publishedLand known as Gamekeepers Wood, Gayton Road, Bawsey, King's Lynn.
Received Not publishedLand south of Watlington Road,Tottenhill
Received Not publishedMethwold High School, Stoke Road
Received Not publishedNear Buck Hill Earsham
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road, Holt, NR25 6SR
Received Not publishedLynford Pit, Lynford Road, Mundford
Received Not publishedRed Roof Farm ,Ludham Road Potter Heigham ,
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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