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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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East Winch Road ,Blackborough End Middleton ,
Received Not publishedArea 401/2, 25km off coast of Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedTivetshall St Mary, School Road
Received Not publishedEast Winch Road, Blackborough End
Received Not publishedLand north of Setch Road, Setch Road, Middleton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedEdgefield Landfill Site, Holt Road, Edgefield, NR24 2RS
Received Not publishedPips Skips, Frans Green Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane, Weston Longville
Received Not publishedWatton Junior School, Brandon Road, Watton
Received Not publishedFlitcham CE VA Primary School, Church Lane, Flitcham, PE31 6BU
Received Not publishedBunwell Primary School, Turnpike, Bunwell, NR16 1SN
Received Not publishedOpen Academy, Salhouse Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 9DF
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth Library, Tolhouse Street
Received Not publishedQueens Hill Primary School, Fieldfare Way, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5AZ
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew School, Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0XS
Received Not publishedCross Drove Fishery ,Cowles Drove Hockwold ,
Received Not publishedBawdeswell County Primary School, Fakenham Road, Bawdeswell, NR20 4RR
Received Not publishedDitchingham STW, Thwaite Road, Ditchingham, NR35 2RH
Received Not publishedTaverham High School, Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6HP
Received Not publishedLongwater Employment Park, Dereham Road, Old Costessey
Received Not publishedPit ,Thornage Road Holt ,
Received Not publishedLand off Crab Apple Lane, Haddiscoe, Norfolk, NR14 6SJ
Received Not publishedHorstead Quarry, Grange Farm
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth Magistrates Court, Rampart Road
Received Not publishedFrans Green, Hockering
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
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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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