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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Norfolk District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,265 approved · 226 refused · 363 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Received 9 Jun 2023Grange Barn Grove Road Ingham Norwich Norfolk NR12 9SU
Received 9 Jun 202317 High Street Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1EW
Received 7 Jun 2023The Pavillion Wells Road Hindringham Fakenham Norfolk NR21 0PL
Received 9 Jun 202311 Wherry Close North Walsham Norfolk NR28 0UQ
Received 12 Jun 2023Church Cottage Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Received 12 Jun 2023Grid Ref 599290, 333589 Holt Road, Thursford, Norfolk, NR21 0BD
Received 12 Jun 202336 Happisburgh Road North Walsham Norfolk NR28 9HD
Received 12 Jun 2023The Knoll House Church Lane Cley-next-the-sea Holt Norfolk NR25 7UD
Received 12 Jun 2023Old Rectory Farm Yard, Cley Road, Holt, NR25 7EA
Received 12 Jun 20234 Suffolk Road Sheringham Norfolk NR26 8HL
Received 12 Jun 2023West Wood Care Home 1 West Wood Road Sheringham Norfolk NR26 8AP
Received 12 Jun 2023Shoemakers Cottage 2 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Received 12 Jun 2023Croft House Croft Yard Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1JS
Received 12 Jun 2023Solar Farm Bunkers Hill Wells Road Egmere Norfolk
Received 13 Jun 2023Beach Cafe Beach Road Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk NR23 1DR
Received 13 Jun 2023Rose Cottage 6 Church Street Trimingham Norwich Norfolk NR11 8AL
Received 13 Jun 2023Methodist Church High Street Wighton Norfolk
Received 13 Jun 20237 - 9 High Street Walsingham Norfolk NR22 6BY
Received 7 Jun 2023Greenacres Tattersett Road Syderstone King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8SA
Received 13 Jun 2023Trunch Corner Stores Gimingham Road Trunch North Walsham Norfolk NR28 0PS
Received 13 Jun 2023Opposite The Hunny Bell The Green Hunworth Melton Constable NR24 2AA
Received 13 Jun 2023Apple Cottage 26 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QP
Received 13 Jun 2023Snuggle Cottage Dale Hole Main Road Holkham Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1RW
Received 13 Jun 2023Records 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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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North Norfolk District 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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