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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Little Snoring CP School, Thursford Road, Little Snoring, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 0JN
Received Not publishedWisbech Road ,Emneth
Received Not publishedChurchill Park School, Winston Churchill Drive, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4RP
Received Not publishedBeeston Primary School, Chapel Lane
Received Not publishedNear Cemetery Shipdham
Received Not publishedNelson First School, Northumberland Street, Norwich, NR2 4DR
Received Not publishedMethwold Farm, Methwold IP26 4DU
Received Not publishedCrossways Farm Depot
Received Not published25 Longfields Road, Thorpe St Andrew School
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Landfill Site
Received Not publishedEarsham Quarry, land off Pheasants Walk, Earsham, Bungay, Norfolk
Received Not publishedThe Racecourse ,Dereham Road Fakenham ,
Received Not publishedThe Clare School, South Park Avenue
Received Not publishedWest Raynham Primary School, West Raynham Road, West Raynham, Fakenham, NR21 7HH
Received Not publishedHevingham Primary School, Westgate , Hevingham, NR10 5NH
Received Not publishedGlebeland Community Primary School, Yarmouth Road, Toft Monks
Received Not publishedThe Gravel Pit ,Land adj. A134 Stoke Ferry ,King's Lynn
Received Not publishedCantley Lane
Received Not publishedKing Street Square, King Street, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2AP
Received Not publishedFolgate Road ,Lyngate Industrial Estate North Walsham ,
Received Not publishedHorstead Quarry, Buxton Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR12 7NX
Received Not publishedTown Lands, Harfrey's Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedRobert Kett Junior School, Hewitts Lane
Received Not publishedSeething and Mundham Primary School, School Lane, Seething, NR15 1DL
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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