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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Warren Energy Ltd, Breckland Farm, Brandon Road, Methwold, Norfolk, IP26 4RJ
Received Not publishedShropham Quarry, Swangey Lane
Received Not publishedLand to the rear of 'Red Roofs', Stocks Hill
Received Not publishedNorton Subcourse Quarry, Loddon Road
Received Not publishedHarpley VC Primary School, Nethergate Street, Harpley, PE31 6TN
Received Not publishedBracondale ,Trowse Norwich ,
Received Not publishedHobart High School. Kittens Lane
Received Not publishedEllingham CP School, Church Road
Received Not published30 Unthank Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedLandfill Site, Carbrooke
Received Not publishedLongwater Employment Park,Dereham Road
Received Not publishedCarlton Farm,Yarmouth Road,Worstead
Received Not publishedParker's Skip Hire, Unit 5, Wendover Road, Rackheath, Norwich NR13 6LH
Received Not publishedBrowns Ferry
Received Not publishedAggregate Recycling Facility, 5C Burrell Way, Burrell Way Trade Park, Thetford, IP24 3RW
Received Not publishedPinguin Foods UK Ltd, Scania Way
Received Not publishedContractors Yard, Welbeck Road
Received Not publishedNorton Subcourse Quarry, Loddon Road, Norton Subcourse. NR14 6RY
Received Not publishedNorfolk Industries for the Blind, 95 Oak Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedOff Fosters End Drove, Blackborough End
Received Not publishedPlot Adj to 20 Dale Road, Dereham
Received Not publishedNorth Denes Primary School, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4HF
Received Not publishedWalpole Cross Keys CP School, Sutton Road, Walpole Cross Keys, Kings Lynn, PE34 4HD
Received Not publishedTaverham High School, Beech Avenue
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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