Planning data
How long planning decisions take in Norwich
What the public record actually shows for Norwich. Every figure below is measured or published, with its sample and its date. Nothing here is an estimate, and none of it predicts what a particular application will do.
How long decisions took
Median weeks from validation to decision, counted from the council’s own register. A median means half of decisions took longer, so it is a middle, not a target.
| Application type | Median | Decisions counted |
|---|---|---|
| Major schemes | 37.7 weeks | 23 |
| Small residential | 37.7 weeks | 44 |
| All other applications | 7.9 weeks | 140 |
Measured over applications decided 1 July 2024 to 13 July 2026.
Housing Delivery Test
Norwich measured 111% in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test — consequence: None.
MHCLG records 6,565 homes delivered against a three-year requirement of 5,902.
It delivered enough of its housing requirement for no national-policy consequence to apply.
Published by MHCLG on 17 August 2026. This is the most recent measurement published, not a current-year figure.
Planning appeals in Norwich
11 allowed in full, 34 dismissed, 2 allowed in part, from 47 planning appeals decided for Norwich between 1 January 2021 and 31 July 2026.
We do not turn that into a percentage: under 100 decided appeals, a rate looks like a finding and behaves like noise. The counts are the honest form. This is not a statement that no appeals succeeded. Only refused applications get appealed, so these are a self-selected minority of decisions.
What this page is not
It does not tell you what constrains a particular site in Norwich. Designations sit on land, not on councils. For that, run a free check on the site itself: it names every designation on or beside the boundary, states when each dataset was last collected, and says plainly where a record is not published rather than showing you a clear result.
Check a site in Norwich — freeAppeal outcomes from the Planning Inspectorate appeals database, England only, Open Government Licence v3.0, release of 31 August 2026. Decision speed measured from council registers by PF & Co. Housing Delivery Test © MHCLG, Open Government Licence v3.0. All 274 authorities.