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.
6,182 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Eaton Hall School, Pettus Road, Eaton
Received Not publishedUnits 1a and 1b, Paynes Business Park, Dereham Road, Beeston PE32 2NQ
Received Not publishedAldborough CP School, Alby Hill, Alby, Norwich NR11 7PH
Received Not publishedKings Lynn, Norfolk.
Received Not publishedBure Valley School, Hungate Street, Aylsham
Received Not publishedOld Hall Farm Bylaugh
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedCaister-on-Sea SewerageTreatment Works to Thoroughfare Lane
Received Not publishedWhite Horse Lane, Trowse, Norwich, Norfolk
Received Not publishedAttleborough Junior School, 18-20 Besthorpe Road, Attleborough, NR17 2NA
Received Not publishedHardwick Narrows Industrial Estate, King's Lynn.
Received Not publishedLand at Setch Road, Middleton
Received Not publishedWaste recycling centre, Stone Road, Hockering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 3PZ
Received Not publishedWymondham High School, Folly Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0QT
Received Not publishedThickthorn Park And Ride, Norwich Road, Hethersett, Norfolk, NR9 3AU
Received Not publishedWatton Library, George Trollope Road, Watton, Thetford IP25 6AS
Received Not publishedCaistor St Edmund Quarry, Stoke Rd, Caistor St Edmund, Norwich, NR14 8QU
Received Not publishedMillfield Primary School, Recreation Road
Received Not publishedWatton Highways Depot, Norwich Road Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road (North Walsham Rd - Surfacing tie-Ins)
Received Not publishedThe Spinney Centre, City Academy, Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7NU
Received Not publishedMundford CE Primary Academy St Leonard's Street, Mundford IP26 5ED
Received Not publishedPt OS 2400 ,Caistor St Edmund
Received Not publishedSalters Lane ,Longham Norfolk ,
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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