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6,182 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hall Farm, Burgh Castle.
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not publishedSPC Atlas Works, Norwich Road, Lenwade
Received Not publishedCaister Highways Depot, Pump Lane, Caister-on-Sea
Received Not publishedAnglian Business Centre, West Carr Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1AN
Received Not publishedNewton Flotman Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedFiesta Centre, 1 & 2 Chestnut Court
Received Not publishedLand A47 Bypass Site, C489 Main Road , North Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 3DE
Received Not publishedClover Hill First School, Rawley Road, Bowthorpe, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 9AP
Received Not publishedCity of Norwich School, Eaton Road
Received Not publishedH'hold Waste Recycling Centre ,Stone Road Strumpshaw ,Nr Brundall,Norfolk
Received Not publishedTaverham Ghost Hill First School, Eastfield, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6PJ
Received Not publishedReepham CP School, School Road, Reepham, Norwich
Received Not publishedParkers Skip Hire, 5 Wendover Road
Received Not publishedPart OS3000 ,Stanfield Norwich ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedHolt Road, East Beckham, Sheringham Norfolk
Received Not publishedHillhouse Farm, Gillingham
Received Not publishedEaston Sand & Gravel Pit ,Easton Norwich ,NR9 5ET
Received Not publishedMildred Stone House, Lawn Avenue, Great Yarmouth
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site, Longwater Industrial Estate, Dereham Road, Costessey, NR5 0TL
Received Not publishedCharles Burrell High School, Staniforth Road, Thetford, IP24 3LH
Received Not publishedCastle Acre chalk quarry, Dunham Road, Newton-by-Castle Acre, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Received Not publishedPooley Street ,Bressingham
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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