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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Southery Primary School, Westgate Street, Southery, Downham Market PE38 0PA
Received Not publishedHockering VC Primary School, The Street, Hockering, NR20 3HN
Received Not publishedNorfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm
Received Not publishedLow Road Farm, Low Road West, North Tuddenham, Norfolk, NR20 3AB
Received Not publishedNorth Walsham Junior School, Manor Road
Received Not publishedSnettisham Beach, Snettisham
Received Not publishedAttlebridge Landfill Site, Reepham Road
Received Not publishedCatton Grove Primary School, Weston Road, Norwich, NR3 3TP
Received Not publishedCarbrooke Quarry, Summer Lane
Received Not publishedPunch Farm Quarry, Litcham Road
Received Not publishedTown Lands, Harfrey's Industrial Estate
Received Not published11 Norwich Road, Thetford, IP24 2HU
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Quarry, Buxton with Lammas
Received Not publishedTerrington County Primary School, Churchgate Way, Terrington St Clements, PE34 4LZ
Received Not publishedStoke Holy Cross Primary School, Long Lane
Received Not publishedDereham Neatherd High, Norwich Road, Dereham
Received Not publishedBroadland High School, Tunstead Road, Hoveton
Received Not publishedBrowns Fen, Stoke Ferry
Received Not publishedEaston Quarry
Received Not publishedLand at Willows Business Park, Saddlebow Road
Received Not publishedWatton Junior School, Brandon Road
Received Not publishedLand to rear of 2 Bessemer Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedWimbotsham County Primary School, Chapel Lane, Wimbotsham, PE34 3QH
Received Not publishedBeauchamp House, Proctor Road, Chedgrave, Norfolk. NR14 6HN
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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