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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Marshland High School, School Road, West Walton, PE14 7AH
Received Not publishedKirby Cane Quarry, Yarmouth Road, Kirby Cane, Bungay, NR35 2HJ
Received Not publishedWeeting VC Primary School, Main Road
Received Not publishedHerman First & Middle Schools, Oriel Avenue
Received Not publishedHilltop Farm, Hall Road
Received Not publishedHilgay Village Primary School, Church Road, Hilgay PE38 0JL
Received Not publishedRoute of the proposed Norwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedParkers Skip Hire Ltd, 5 Wendover Road
Received Not publishedTunstead Primary School, Market Street, Tunstead, Norfolk NR12 8AH
Received Not publishedHarfrey's Road, Harfrey's Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedParish Tip, Allotment Lane, West Beckham.
Received Not publishedLandfill Site, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road
Received Not publishedEstate Office, Stody Estate, Stody, NR24 2ER
Received Not publishedLagoons at Upgate Road, Seething, Norfolk
Received Not published1 - 11 (odds) Charlton Road
Received Not publishedAlpheus Environmental Ltd, Whitlingham WwTW, Kirby Road, Kirby Bedon
Received Not publishedHellesdon, Heather Avenue County First School, Heather Avenue, Norwich, NR6 6LT
Received Not publishedSnarehill Farm, Shadwell Estate
Received Not publishedExisting Gravel Pit, Bergh Apton
Received Not publishedEllingham STW, Geldeston Road, Ellingham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedBurnt House Farm ,Haddiscoe
Received Not publishedOld Catton VC Middle School, Church Street, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7DS
Received Not publishedAshleigh County Primary School, Sheffield Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0HL
Received Not publishedRoots of Norfolk Museum of Rural Life, Union Farm
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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