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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Downham Market High School - Technology College, Bexwell Road
Received Not publishedThe Greens, Norwich Road
Received Not publishedWissington Sugar Factory, College Road, Stoke Ferry, Kings Lynn, PE33 9QG
Received Not publishedHickling CE VC Infant School,The Street
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry (Northern Site), Main Road, Crimplesham, Downham Market PE33 9EB
Received Not publishedStanninghall Quarry, Quarry Road off Stanninghall Road, Horstead. Norwich, Norfolk NR12 7LX
Received Not publishedHill Farm, Yarmouth Road, Gillingham, NR34 0EE
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot ,Thurlton Norwich ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedEast Bilney Quarry, Rawhall Lane, East Bilney, Beetley, Dereham NR20 4HH
Received Not publishedMount Pleasant Quarry ,Rocklands
Received Not publishedFlegg High School, Somerton Road
Received Not publishedWhitlingham, Waste Water Treatment Works, Sewage Works Road, Kirby Bedon, Norwich
Received Not publishedShropham Pit, Off Swangey Lane
Received Not publishedOaklands Gravel Pit, Common Road, Aldeby, Norfolk NR34 0BL
Received Not publishedCarbrooke Quarry, Summer Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, Norfolk
Received Not publishedClare School, South Park Avenue
Received Not publishedLand Adj. Earsham Gravel Pit ,Bath Hills Road Earsham ,
Received Not publishedNorwich Livestock Market ,Hall Road Norwich ,
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm ,Thurlton Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedLand North of A1270 approximately east-west adjacent to the northern boundary of Norwich International Airport, Norwich Grid ref: TG 210 143.
Received Not publishedWarren North tailing Lagoon, Bawsey, Near Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedThe Oaks, Harvey Lane, Norwich
Received Not publishedNew Chicken Processing Factory, Snetterton Heath
Received Not publishedWells Recycling Centre, Warham 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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