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.
6,111 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Frans Green ,Hockering Norwich ,
Received Not published8 Pendlesham Rise, Thorpe Marriott
Received Not publishedEthel Tipple School, Winston Churchill Road, Fairstead Estate, King's Lynn, PE30 4RP
Received Not publishedLong Plantation
Received Not publishedLand Northwest of Dobbs’ Beck, Rackheath Lane, Crostwick, Norfolk. NR12 7BF
Received Not publishedSt George's First School, St Peters Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 3BQ
Received Not publishedLand to the East of Easton Gymnastics Club, Deer Park House, Bawburgh Road, Easton, NR9 5EA
Received Not publishedSprowston High School, Cannerby Lane
Received Not publishedWells Field Study Centre, Polka Road, Wells-Next-the-Sea, NR23 1EF
Received Not publishedTownhouse Road Old Costessey
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Landfill Site and Household Waste Recycling Centre
Received Not publishedPentney Quarry, Pentney, King's Lynn Norfolk
Received Not publishedBessemer Way ,Harfreys Industrial Estate Gt Yarmouth ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedCawston VC School, Aylsham Road, Cawston, Norwich, NR10 4AY
Received Not publishedSwanton Morley Water Recycling Centre, Worthing Road, Swanton Morley
Received Not publishedBlackborough End Landfill Site,Mill Drove Blackborough End ,Kings Lynn
Received Not publishedNorth Walsham Infant School & Nursery, Manor Road, North Walsham, NR28 9HG
Received Not publishedHempnall Primary School, The Street, Hempnall Norwich NR15 2AD
Received Not publishedDrury Property, 4 Folgate Lane
Received Not publishedSkeets Hill ,Shotesham
Received Not publishedUnit 2, Frans Green Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane
Received Not publishedLarkshall Mill, Thetford Road, Wretham, Norfolk IP24 1QY
Received Not publishedBittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS
Received Not publishedPart OS 83 ,East Bilney
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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