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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Catfield C of E Primary School, School Road, Catfield, NR29 5DA
Received Not publishedColman Infant School, Colman Road
Received Not publishedMangreen Quarry, Ipswich Road, Dunston Norfolk NR14 8DD
Received Not publishedFakenham College, Highfield House, Wells Road
Received Not publishedSouth of Lynn Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedDereham Recycling Centre, Trafalgar Business Park, Dereham, NR19 1JG
Received Not published1-8 Hall Farm Barns, The Street
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road, Holt, Norfolk. NR25 6SR
Received Not publishedFalcon Middle School, Falcon Road West, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8NT
Received Not publishedAntingham & Southrepps Primary School, Lower Street
Received Not publishedWalnut Tree Farm, Silver Street, Besthorpe, Norfolk NR17 2LF
Received Not publishedHarford Manor School, Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR2 2LN
Received Not publishedSprowston Youth & Community Centre, School Road, Sprowston
Received Not publishedSPC Atlas Works, Norwich Road, Lenwade, Norwich, Norfolk
Received Not publishedFire Training Centre, Barnard Road, Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9JB
Received Not published6 Oakfields, Loddon
Received Not publishedSt Thomas More RC VA School, Jessopp Road, Norwich, NR2 3QB
Received Not publishedSt Clement's High School, Churchgate Way
Received Not publishedFakenham High School, Wells Road, Fakenham
Received Not publishedLime Works ,Grimston Road Hillington ,King's Lynn
Received Not publishedStraightline Racing, Garage Lane, Setchey, Kings Lynn, PE33 0BE
Received Not published46 - 108 Douro Place, Norwich
Received Not publishedFOUR MILE HOUSE, NORTH STREET, LANGHAM, HOLT, NR257DG
Received Not publishedEarlham High School, Earlham Road
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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