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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land to rear of Garboldisham VC Primary School, Church Road, Garboldisham, IP22 2SE
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot ,Thurlton
Received Not publishedFairstead Community Primary School, William Booth Road, Kings Lynn, PE30 4RR
Received Not publishedThetford Recycling Centre, 19 & 19A Burrell Way, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 3RW
Received Not publishedManor Farm
Received Not publishedGarrick Green First School, Garrick Green, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7AL
Received Not publishedWelcome Farm, Burgh Castle
Received Not publishedShropham Pit, Off Swangey Lane
Received Not publishedLand to East of Mill Drove, Blackborough End, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedSprowston High School, Cannerby Lane, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NE ·
Received Not publishedTown House Museum, 46 Queens Street
Received Not publishedMangreen Quarry
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm, Loddon Road, Thurlton, NR14 6NZ
Received Not publishedMile Cross Primary School, Brasier Road, Norwich, NR3 2QU
Received Not publishedSt Michael's VA Junior School, Astley Road, Bowthorpe
Received Not publishedWatermill Farm ,Cranwich Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedHickling Primary School, The Street, Hickling, Norfolk, NR12 0XX
Received Not publishedGreen Lane, off Padgetts Road, Tips End
Received Not publishedClackclose Primary School, Nursery Road
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedSnetterton Quarry, Harling Road, Snetterton.
Received Not published4 Mason Road ,Norwich
Received Not publishedThe Carstone Pit ,Common Lane East Winch ,
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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