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6,182 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Henderson Green Community Primary School, Earlham Grove, Norwich. NR5 8DX
Received Not publishedSurestart Centre, Kingsway, Thetford, IP24 3DY
Received Not publishedHendee House, Battery Road
Received Not publishedWatton Police Station, High Street, Watton, IP25 6AW
Received Not publishedThorpe St Andrew High School, Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0XS
Received Not publishedLand fronting Abbey Road, adjacent to Old Buckenham High School
Received Not published16-18 Mundesley Library, Cromer Road, Mundesley, NR11 8BE
Received Not publishedAylsham High School, Sir Williams Lane
Received Not publishedPostwick Park and Ride, Yarmouth Road
Received Not publishedGreat Ellingham Primary School, Hingham Road, Great Ellingham, NR17 1HX
Received Not publishedRory J Holbrook Ltd, Roudham Road, East Harling, Attleborough, Norwich, Norfolk NR16 2QN
Received Not publishedLicence Area, Cross Sands
Received Not publishedLyng CE VC Primary School, Wensum Road
Received Not publishedFrans Green, Hockering
Received Not publishedLand east of Lynn Road ,Watlington Quarry Tottenhill ,Norfolk
Received Not publishedHamond's High School, Brandon Road, Swaffham
Received Not publishedLand at Hevingham ,
Received Not publishedReepham Primary School, School Road
Received Not publishedLand near Mount Pleasant , Quarry Rocklands ,Attleborough
Received Not publishedSnetterton Race Circuit
Received Not publishedBowthorpe Community Centre, Bowthorpe Hall Road, Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9AA
Received Not publishedFrimstone Ltd ,Mill Drove Blackborough End ,Middleton
Received Not publishedManor Farm Haddiscoe
Received Not publishedFieldview, Chapel Road, ,Beighton, Norwich.
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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