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5,567 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Brand's Lane, Felthorpe, Broadland, Norfolk, England, NR10 4EA
Received Not published345 Aylsham Road, Norwich NR3 2RU
Received Not publishedLand fronting Abbey Road, adjacent to Old Buckenham High School
Received Not publishedCostessey Transfer Station, Longwater Business Park, Dereham Road
Received Not publishedRanworth First School, Irstead Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedHeartsease First and Middle School, Rider Haggard Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedCrimplesham Quarry, Main Road (North Side), Crimplesham, Downham Market, Norfolk.
Received Not publishedAbbey Pit, Coxford
Received Not publishedDiss VC Junior School, The Entry
Received Not publishedDrayton Stone Pits, Ernest Gage Avenue, Costessey, Norwich NR5 0JU
Received Not publishedStow Bridge, Stow Bardolph, Near Downham Market
Received Not publishedDownham Market High School, Bexwell Road, Downham Market, PE38 9LL
Received Not publishedLand at Longwater Industrial Estate, Norwich Road, Costessey
Received Not publishedLand at Cross Bank Road, King's Lynn PE30 2HD
Received Not publishedCatton Grove County First School, Hunter Road, Norwich, NR3 3PZ
Received Not publishedEMR Yard, Ernest Gage Avenue, Longwater Industrial Estate, Costessey NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedAll Saints C of E Primary School, Stibbard, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 0LT
Received Not publishedPentney Quarry
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site ,Longwater Industrial Site Costessey ,
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Centre ,Strayground Lane Wymondham ,
Received Not publishedLongwater Business Park, Longwater, Costessey, Norwich.
Received Not publishedLand at Whissonsett ,
Received Not publishedGarrick Green First School, Old Catton
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
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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