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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Top Farm, North Barsham
Received Not publishedQueens Hill Primary School, Fieldfare Way, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5AZ
Received Not publishedFormer NCC Highways building, Adjacent to 4 Albert Street, King's Lynn, PE30 1ED
Received Not publishedLongwater Business Area, William Frost Way, Costessey, Norwich
Received Not publishedSouth of Lynn Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedSt Clement's Children Centre, 101 Churchgate Way
Received Not publishedDrayton First School, School Road
Received Not publishedBorrow Pit ,Tollgate Wood, Kilverstone
Received Not publishedBeeston Regis Quarry, Britons Lane, Beeston Regis, Sheringham NR26 8TP
Received Not publishedGressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Gressenhall, Dereham, NR20 4DR
Received Not publishedGlazewing Ltd, Station Road, West Dereham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 9RR
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm
Received Not publishedCostessey Quarry, Costessey.
Received Not publishedAvenue Road Middle School, Norwich, Norfolk
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, Chief Executives, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH
Received Not publishedSpringwood High School, Queensway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4AW
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Centre ,Warham Road Wells Next The Sea ,
Received Not publishedSt Johns Community Primary School & Nursery, Horning Road
Received Not publishedDrury Property, 4 Folgate Lane
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry ,Main Road Crimplesham ,
Received Not publishedWatton Depot,Norwich Road, Watton, IP25 6DR
Received Not publishedSilfield Rd/Rightup Lane ,Wymondham Norwich ,
Received Not publishedSt Germans Pumping Station, Sluice Road, Wiggenhall St Germans, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 3EF
Received Not publishedLongwater Business Park ,
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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