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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gravel Pit ,Earsham
Received Not publishedLand at Colney Hall
Received Not publishedPeterhouse Primary School, Peterhouse Avenue
Received Not publishedDisused Gravel Pit ,Frettenham
Received Not publishedHigh Haven Home for the Elderly, Howdale Road
Received Not publishedWymondham College, Golf Links Road
Received Not publishedBrandon Creek, Southery
Received Not publishedKenninghall Primary School, Kenninghall, NR16 2EN
Received Not publishedThe Fire Station, Bethel Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedRailway Yard, Rightup Lane, Wymondham.
Received Not publishedParkside School, College Road, Norwich, NR2 3JA
Received Not publishedWelcome Pit, Butt Lane, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth NR31 9PY
Received Not publishedFrettenham County First School, School Road, Frettenham, Norwich. NR12 7LL
Received Not publishedCaister First School, Kingston Avenue
Received Not publishedCharles Burrell High School, Stainforth Road
Received Not publishedCalveley Hill Garvestone
Received Not publishedSnettisham Quarry, Norton Hill
Received Not publishedPensthorpe Hall ,Fakenham Norwich ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand Between Caister on Sea Sewage Works and Ormesby St Margaret
Received Not publishedLand at Beeston with Bittering,
Received Not publishedFolkes Plant & Aggregates Ltd, Harfrey's Road, Harfrey's Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedLand off B134 Coltishall Road, Buxton with Lammas
Received Not publishedUnits 2 & 3 ,Woolgate Court St Benedicts Street ,Norwich
Received Not publishedSt Martin at Shouldham CE VA Primary School, Lynn Road
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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