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Norfolk County Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Norfolk County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
8,558Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,850 approved or refused records
283Refused applications

5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

  1. ValidFUL/2025/0031

    Change of use from agricultural and caravan storage land to aggregate recycling facility (sui generis), including demolition and removal of existing buildings and containers, erection of new open fronted topsoil storage barn, earth bund, an infiltration lagoon, and amended site access (part retrospe...

    Brand's Lane, Felthorpe, Broadland, Norfolk, England, NR10 4EA

    Received Not published
  2. Application WithdrawnFUL/2021/0040

    Proposed refurbishment works to existing children's care home with associated internal alterations; new single storey building replacement to the existing garage, to provide dedicated office space and garden storage; removal of existing front boundary walls and new permeable tarmac surface

    345 Aylsham Road, Norwich NR3 2RU

    Received Not published
  3. Information ProvidedY/3/2015/3003

    Discharge condition 17 of permission Y/3/2014/3006. External lighting.

    Land fronting Abbey Road, adjacent to Old Buckenham High School

    Received Not published
  4. Information ProvidedL/7/2006/7024

    Consultation on modification to waste management licence

    Costessey Transfer Station, Longwater Business Park, Dereham Road

    Received Not published
  5. Application Approved4/2003/0360

    Erection of new 2.4m high security fencing to perimeter of school, replacement of existing gates

    Ranworth First School, Irstead Road, Norwich

    Received Not published
  6. Information ProvidedY/5/2017/5024

    Application for approval to carry out construction work outside of the hours listed in Schedule 2, Requirement 9 (Hours of Working) of the NDR Development Consent Order (Statutory Instrument 2015 No. 1347). This is required to facilitate the Wroxham Road culvert works

    Norwich Northern Distributor Road

    Received Not published
  7. Application ApprovedY/4/2004/4005

    Replacement New Build Primary School and Standing of Temporary Mobile Classroom Accommodation for Duration of Construction Works

    Heartsease First and Middle School, Rider Haggard Road, Norwich

    Received Not published
  8. Application ApprovedC/2/2011/2012

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission C/2/2001/2019 to allow engineering operation to reclaim the site for agricultural use with the aid of imported inert materials to continue until 31 December 2014.

    Crimplesham Quarry, Main Road (North Side), Crimplesham, Downham Market, Norfolk.

    Received Not published
  9. Application ApprovedC/2/2001/2029

    Erection of two wooden sheds to protect pumps and for storage of flocculent and other items

    Abbey Pit, Coxford

    Received Not published
  10. Application Approved7/2001/2067

    Extensions to provide two permanent classrooms, admin facilities and plant room including circulation areas

    Diss VC Junior School, The Entry

    Received Not published
  11. Information ProvidedC/7/2015/7009

    Discharge of condition 2 of planning permission C/7/2014/7014

    Drayton Stone Pits, Ernest Gage Avenue, Costessey, Norwich NR5 0JU

    Received Not published
  12. Application Approved2/2000/1797

    Replacement bridge across the River Great Ouse for vehicles and pedestrians

    Stow Bridge, Stow Bardolph, Near Downham Market

    Received Not published
  13. Application Approved2/1999/1399

    Tarmac play area with chain link fence

    Downham Market High School, Bexwell Road, Downham Market, PE38 9LL

    Received Not published
  14. Information ProvidedB/7/2011/7012

    Schedule 1 - Use of land for B1,B2 AND B8 uses

    Land at Longwater Industrial Estate, Norwich Road, Costessey

    Received Not published
  15. Application RefusedC/2/2016/2011

    Erection of anaerobic digestion facility (to process up to 14,000 tonnes of biomass/ slurry) including reception/office building and workshop, two digesters, two storage tanks, combined heat and power plant, energy crop storage area, and ancillary plant.

    Land at Cross Bank Road, King's Lynn PE30 2HD

    Received Not published
  16. Application Approved4/1998/0806

    Erection of 4 new classrooms, group room, stores and toilet facilities

    Catton Grove County First School, Hunter Road, Norwich, NR3 3PZ

    Received Not published
  17. Application ApprovedC/7/2016/7006

    Temporary change of use of land from scrap metal recycling to overnight HGV parking for the onward transfer of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) bales (until 30 Sept 2018).

    EMR Yard, Ernest Gage Avenue, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey NR5 0TL

    Received Not published
  18. Application ApprovedY/1/2011/1002

    New detached classroom block comprising new classroom, group room and disabled wc with glazed freestanding canopy to main school building.

    All Saints C of E Primary School, Stibbard, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 0LT

    Received Not published
  19. Application ApprovedC/2/1998/2022

    Certificate of Alternative Development - Mineral under the land could be extracted & this would not affect the approved restoration.

    Pentney Quarry

    Received Not published
  20. Application ApprovedC/7/1997/7015

    Increase height of landfill gas flare from 3.6m to 4.8m to improve combustion efficiency.

    Costessey Landfill Site ,Longwater Industrial Site Costessey ,

    Received Not published
  21. Application ApprovedC/7/1993/7014

    Amended hours of operation

    Household Waste Centre ,Strayground Lane Wymondham ,

    Received Not published
  22. Application ApprovedC/7/1998/7015

    Enclosed waste recycling centre and transfer station for domestic, trade, commercial and industrial waste (including Civic Amenity Waste).

    Longwater Business Park, Longwater, Costessey, Norwich.

    Received Not published
  23. Application ApprovedD/3/1973/6431

    Waste Disposal CLOSED & BOXED

    Land at Whissonsett ,

    Received Not published
  24. Application WithdrawnY/5/2005/5010

    Construction of a single storey staffroom extension.

    Garrick Green First School, Old Catton

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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