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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6,182 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Colton Pit ,Colton
Received Not publishedCaister Kennels, Bentleys Farm, Low Road, (off Back Lane), West Caister. NR30 5SP
Received Not publishedFlegg High School, Somerton Road
Received Not publishedTrowse Depot, Old Station Yard
Received Not publishedHill House Farm, Gillingham.
Received Not published7 Loddon Fire Station, High Street, Loddon, Norwich, NR14 6ET
Received Not publishedThe Street ,Trowse
Received Not publishedStation Road ,Tivetshall St Margaret Norfolk ,
Received Not publishedHoward Junior School, Parkway
Received Not publishedLand off Holt Road, Sheringham, NR26 8TW
Received Not publishedSwanton Morley Farms Ltd ,Hoe Hall Dereham ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedLand at Longwater Industrial Estate Williams Frost Way, Costessey
Received Not publishedLand at Cantley
Received Not publishedDyke along Angle Road/Mullicourt Road, known as The Crooked Chimney
Received Not publishedHethersett High School, Queens Road
Received Not published115 School Lane
Received Not publishedLand off Mallard Close, Chedgrave
Received Not publishedWhitlingham Sewage Treatment Works
Received Not publishedTattersett Business Park
Received Not publishedUnthank Centre, 3a Unthank Road, Norwich, NR2 2PA
Received Not publishedGrandcourt Quarry, Leizate Works, Station Road, Leziate, King's Lynn, PE32 1EH
Received Not publishedBritish Sugar plc, Wissington Factory, Wereham.
Received Not publishedStrayground Quarry, Strayground Lane
Received Not publishedThe Belfry CE VA Primary School, Cromer Road, Overstrand, Cromer, NR27 0NT
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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