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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Spixworth Infant School, Ivy Road
Received Not publishedFormer School site, Quebec Road, East Dereham
Received Not publishedShipdham Waste Transfer Station, Shipdham Airfield Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedCowles Drove
Received Not publishedLand off Hall Road & Baths Hills Road, Earsham, Bungay, Norfolk
Received Not publishedLafarge Aggregates Ltd, Trowse Depot, Bracondale,
Received Not publishedHarfreys Road, Harfreys Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedLong Stratton, Norfolk, NR15 1NR
Received Not publishedOaklands Gravel Pit, Aldeby
Received Not publishedAstley Primary School, Fakenham Road, Briston, NR24 2HH
Received Not publishedFairhaven CEVA Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedVanguard Road ,Gapton Hall Ind.Estate Bradwell ,Gt.Yarmouth
Received Not publishedKelling CP School, Salthouse Road
Received Not publishedMill Drove, Blackborough End
Received Not publishedNorton Subcourse Quarry, Loddon Road, Norton Subcourse, Norfolk, NR14 6RY
Received Not publishedGreen Marsh Farm, Green Marsh Road, Terrington St Clement, King's Lynn, PE34 4JJ
Received Not publishedBeetley Quarry, Beetley, East Dereham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedSt John's RC VA First School, Heigham Road, Norwich, NR2 3AT
Received Not publishedHempton Landfill Site ,Helhoughton Road Hempton ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew High School, Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew
Received Not publishedGrange Farm ,Spixworth Norwich ,
Received Not published5 Wendover Road ,Rackheath Industrial Estate Rackheath ,Norwich
Received Not publishedDereham St Nicholas VA Junior School, Littlefields, Dereham, NR19 1BJ
Received Not publishedAshwicken First School, East Winch Road, Ashwicken PE32 1LY
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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