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.
5,959 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Canadiaus ,Happisburgh Road White Horse Common ,North Walsham
Received Not publishedKirby Cane Quarry, Yarmouth Road, Kirby Cane, Bungay NR35
Received Not publishedGravel Pit, Reymerston
Received Not publishedBowthorpe Community Hub, Bowthorpe Hall Road, Norwich, NR5 9AA
Received Not publishedSwanton Abbott C P School
Received Not publishedAylsham High School, Sire William's Lane, Aylsham, NR11 6AN
Received Not publishedMayton Road, Mayton, Frettenham
Received Not publishedHellesdon High School, 187 Middletons Lane
Received Not publishedLand to East of Mill Drove, Mill Drove, Blackborough End, Kings Lynn, PE32 1SW
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Landfill Site
Received Not publishedQueensway Infant School & Nursery, Queensway, Thetford, IP24 3DR
Received Not publishedKinsale Infant School, Kinsale Avenue, Hellesdon, Norwich NR6 5SG
Received Not publishedRobertson Barracks ,Swanton Morley
Received Not publishedTMA Bark, The Runway, Woodforde Farm, Weston Longville. NR9 5LG
Received Not publishedBlakeney V A Primary School, Wiveton Road, Blakeney
Received Not publishedGurney Centre, Irstead Road
Received Not publishedQuarry south of A134, Lynn Road, Stoke Ferry, King's Lynn
Received Not publishedGreat Yarmouth High School, Salisbury Road
Received Not publishedPeterhouse First School, Peterhouse Avenue
Received Not publishedBoundary Pit, Off Sandy Hills, Old Yarmouth Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR29 9NA
Received Not publishedMarham Water Treatment Works
Received Not publishedNeatherd High School, Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3AX
Received Not publishedSt Clements High School, Churchgate Way, Terrington St Clement, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 4LZ
Received Not publishedThetford Sewage Works
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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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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