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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Whitlingham WRC Kirby Road Trowse
Received Not publishedPart O.S. Plot 0004 Mill Lane Fleggburgh
Received Not publishedPeterhouse Primary School, Magdalen Square, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 7BY
Received Not publishedEast & West Rudham VC Primary School, School Road, East Rudham
Received Not publishedLakenham Middle School, City Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedLand to the south of Long Acres Holiday Park, South Beach Road, Heacham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. PE31 7BA
Received Not publishedOpposite Chapel Hill Long Lane Tharston
Received Not publishedCarter Concrete Ltd ,Britons Lane Beeston Regis ,Sheringham
Received Not publishedNorfolk Rural Life Museum, Union House, Gressenhall
Received Not publishedLoddon Middle School, Kittens Lane
Received Not publishedWormegay CE Primary School, Stoke Road
Received Not publishedGravel Pit, South West of Mill Corner
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot
Received Not publishedNeatherd High School, Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3AX
Received Not publishedWayland High School
Received Not publishedPoplar Avenue, Saddlebow, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedKing Edward VII High School, Gaywood Road, King's Lynn, PE30 2QB
Received Not publishedRossfield, Reepham Road, Horsford, NR10 3AL
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry ,Dereham Road Costessey ,
Received Not publishedLong Stratton Fire Station, 20-22 Swan Lane, Long Stratton, NR15 2XN
Received Not publishedRosebery Avenue Primary School, Rosebery Avenue, Gayton
Received Not published301 Wootton Road
Received Not publishedBluebell Primary School, Lovelace Road
Received Not publishedHilgay Lakes ,Steels Drove West Fen ,Hilgay
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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