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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Antingham & Southrepps Primary School, Lower Street
Received Not publishedWells next the Sea Primary & Nursery School, Polka Road, Wells next the Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1JG
Received Not publishedOld Court Farm, Wacton Road, Forncett St. Peter, NR16 1JD
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry
Received Not publishedRightup Lane
Received Not publishedShropham Quarry, Land north of Rocklands Road, North of Shropham Village, Norfolk
Received Not publishedWroxham/Hoveton parish, Broadland/North Norfolk District
Received Not publishedCompound 1 Part Former Training Centre, Swanton Road
Received Not publishedHolt Quarry, Hunworth Road
Received Not publishedHellesdon High School, Middletons Lane
Received Not publishedMethwold High School, Stoke Road, Methwold, IP26 4PE
Received Not publishedCavell First & Nursery School, Duckett Close
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew High School, Laundry Lane
Received Not publishedLand at Frettenham
Received Not publishedWelcome Pit, Butt Lane, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 9PY
Received Not publishedFakenham High School & 6th Form College, Wells Road, Fakenham, NR21 9HP
Received Not publishedWhitlingham WRC, Kirby Road, Kirby Bedon Norfolk, NR14 8TZ
Received Not publishedLynn Road ,Stoke Ferry
Received Not publishedStanfield Road ,Wymondham
Received Not publishedReffley Community Primary School, Reffley Lane
Received Not publishedArden Grove Infant and Nursery School, Arden Grove, Hellesdon, Norwich, NR6 6QA
Received Not publishedFormer School Building, Witard Road
Received Not publishedMangreen Quarry, Swardeston, Norwich
Received Not publishedCaister HWRC, Caister on Sea, Norfolk, NR30 5BE
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 application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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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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