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6,182 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Parkers Skip Hire, 5 Wendover Road
Received Not publishedEdith Cavell Academy And Nursery, Duckett Close, Norwich, NR1 2LR
Received Not publishedCaister First & Nursery School, Kingston Avenue
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedCaister Waste Water Treatment Centre, Pump Lane, West Caister.
Received Not publishedThorpe Hillside Avenue CP School, Hillside Avenue, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0QW
Received Not publishedBrackenwood ,Sandy Lane Horsford ,
Received Not publishedMayton Wood HWRC, Little Hautbois, Nr Coltishall, NR12 7NT
Received Not publishedLand at Pulham Market Transfer Station, Station Road
Received Not publishedGravel Pit ,Wall's Lane Letheringsett ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedSt Margaret's House, St Margaret's Place, King's Lynn, PE30 5DR
Received Not publishedWoodside School, Witard Road, Norwich
Received Not publishedReepham High School, Whitwell Road, Reepham
Received Not publishedFlitcham CofE VA Primary School, Church Lane, Flitcham, PE31 6BU
Received Not publishedWalnut Tree Farm West Carr Road
Received Not publishedAshleigh County Infant School, Sheffield Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0HL
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Transfer Station
Received Not publishedStalham Middle School, Yarmouth Road
Received Not publishedWillow Road, Willow Business Park, King's Lynn PE34 3RD
Received Not publishedA11 Thetford Bypass
Received Not publishedWest Hall Farm ,Docking
Received Not publishedColkirk St Mary Church of England (VA) Primary School, School Road, Colkirk, NR21 7NW
Received Not publishedRushmeadow Road Waste Recycling Centre (WRC), Rushmeadow Rd, Dereham NR19 2NW
Received Not publishedSchool Farm ,Cranworth 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
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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