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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land at Gillingham
Received Not publishedReepham County High School, Broomhill Lane, Reepham, Norwich, NR10 4QY
Received Not publishedBath Road ,Wereham
Received Not publishedRussell House Museum, St Andrew's Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4AE
Received Not publishedSwaffham Fire Station, West Acre Road, Swaffham, PE37 7NG
Received Not publishedFortune House, Laundry Loke Industrial Estate, North Walsham
Received Not publishedFenland Lodge Farm, Race Course Road, Terrington St Clement, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 4JH
Received Not publishedGarboldisham CEVC Primary School, Church Road, Garboldisham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2SE
Received Not publishedBlooms of Bressingham, Low Road
Received Not publishedLand off Mill Drove ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not publishedLand at Brandon Road
Received Not publishedSt Edmund's Community Foundation School, Kilham's Way, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 2HU
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Centre ,Main Road West Dereham ,
Received Not publishedLow Road Norton Subcourse
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Landfill Site, Little Hautbois,Coltishall
Received Not publishedDiss High School, Walcot Road
Received Not publishedLandfill Site ,Beetley
Received Not publishedReymerston Quarry, Hingham Road
Received Not publishedMattishall Primary School, Dereham Road
Received Not publishedIngoldisthorpe Primary School, Shernborne Road
Received Not publishedHarfreys Road, Harfrey's Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedHarleston Fire Station, Swan Lane, Harleston, IP20 9AN
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry, Bittering
Received Not publishedLand adjacent St Nicholas Street, London Road and Minstergate, Thetford, Norfolk
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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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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