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.
5,645 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dickleburgh Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Harvey Lane, Dickleburgh, Norfolk IP21 4NL
Received Not published244 Southtown Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1DZ
Received Not publishedJohn Grant Special School, St Georges Drive
Received Not publishedThe Quarry ,Mill Drove Blackborough End ,
Received Not publishedHorsford Pumping Station, Dog Lane, Horsford
Received Not publishedLand at Humberstone Farm, Mill Road, Southtown, Great Yarmouth.
Received Not publishedSouth Acre Gravel Pit ,Near Big Wood
Received Not publishedMundesley Infant and Junior School, Trunch Road, Mundesley, Mundesley, NR11 8LE
Received Not publishedHolly Meadows School, 41, Vong Lane, Pott Row, PE32 1BW
Received Not publishedHoughton St Giles WTW
Received Not publishedNorfolk Pet Crematorium, Shortthorn Road
Received Not publishedAlderman Jackson Special School, Marsh Lane, Gaywood
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Pit, Kirby Road, Trowse with Newton
Received Not publishedBoundary Pitt, Off Sandy Hills, Old Yarmouth Road, Norwich Walsham, NR28 9NA
Received Not publishedWelcome Pit, Burgh Castle
Received Not publishedAttleborough Day Services, Station Road
Received Not publishedMundesley Caravan Park and foreshore adjacent
Received Not publishedJuby's Barn ,Bradenham
Received Not publishedRookery Farm Thurning
Received Not publishedOld Lime Works Site ,Stiffkey Road Wells-Next-The-Sea ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedHarfreys Road ,Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth ,
Received Not publishedSt Michaels Nursery & Infant School, School House lane, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6EX
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry ,Beeston
Received Not publishedBanham Primary School, Crown Street
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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