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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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King's Lynn Water Recycling Centre, Clockcase Lane, Clenchwarton, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedReepham Road ,Attlebridge
Received Not publishedWorstead County Primary School, Lyngate, Worstead, North Walsham
Received Not publishedBignold First & Middle Schools, Wessex Street, Norwich
Received Not publishedMarham Junior School, Hillside
Received Not publishedLand at Mayton Wood Landfill Site
Received Not publishedLand off Hall Road and Bath Hills Road
Received Not publishedSnettisham First School, School Road, Snettisham, King's Lynn, PE31 7LT
Received Not publishedChurch Farm
Received Not publishedSheringham Primary School, Cooper Road, off Holway Road
Received Not publishedBeside River Wensum Lyng
Received Not publishedOld Chalk Pit ,Coltishall
Received Not publishedAncient House Museum, 21 White Hart Street, Thetford, IP24 1AD
Received Not publishedFakenham Library, Norfolk County Council, Oak Street, Fakenham, NR21 9DY
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth High School, Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4LS
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas House, Littlefields, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 1BG
Received Not publishedBridge End, Foulsham Road, Hindolveston, NR20 5BZ
Received Not publishedWymondham, Norfolk
Received Not publishedBritons Lane ,Beeston Regis Sheringham ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand to East of Lignacite Works, Brandon
Received Not publishedColtishall Primary School, St Johns Close, Coltishall, Norwich, NR12 7HA
Received Not publishedOld Buckenham C P School, Abbey Road, Old Buckenham, NR17 1RH
Received Not publishedHorsford All Saints VC Middle School, Mill Lane, Horsford, Norwich
Received Not publishedAlderman Swindell First School, Beresford Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4AB
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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