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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 Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,647 approved · 524 refused · 396 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High Barn Burnham Road Stanhoe Norfolk PE31 8QD
Received 13 Dec 2022Hall Farm 90 West End Northwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 5LG
Received 13 Dec 2022Land S of Dennis Sneezum Court And N of 37 Trafalgar Road Trafalgar Road Downham Market Norfolk
Received 13 Dec 2022Chalfont House High Street Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8NH
Received 13 Dec 2022Walpole Sub Station Walpole Bank Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 13 Dec 2022Little Eastfield Barn Lynn Road Walsoken Norfolk PE14 7AL
Received 13 Dec 202214 Boston Square Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6DU
Received 13 Dec 2022Cherry Tree Farm Winch Road Gayton Norfolk
Received 13 Dec 2022Manor House Well Street Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8WA
Received 14 Dec 2022Land S of The Gatehouse Sixth Field S And NE of Marchveil Middle Drove Black Drove Marshland St James Norfolk
Received 14 Dec 2022Land NW Orchard House Anchor Drove Brandon Bank Norfolk
Received 14 Dec 2022Land E of Nursery And N of Longacre Walton Road Walsoken Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7AG
Received 14 Dec 2022Iceni Academy Stoke Road Methwold Norfolk IP26 4PE
Received 15 Dec 202260A London Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AT
Received 15 Dec 202232 The Close Brancaster Staithe Norfolk PE31 8BS
Received 15 Dec 2022Manor House Well Street Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8WA
Received 15 Dec 2022Beggars Roost 1 Brandon Road Methwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 4PB
Received 15 Dec 2022Bowling Green Walsingham Road Burnham Thorpe Norfolk
Received 15 Dec 2022Brick Barn And Land S of Ivy House Mill Lane Walpole Highway Norfolk
Received 15 Dec 2022Land At 72 South Beach Road Heacham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7BB
Received 14 Dec 2022Land 170M SW Burnham Overy Mill N of Road Burnham Overy Mill Tower Road Burnham Overy Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8JB
Received 14 Dec 2022Station House Middle Drove Marshland St James Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8JP
Received 15 Dec 202227 Carlton Drive North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3QY
Received 16 Dec 2022Land W of The Gardens Edward Benefer Way King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 16 Dec 2022Records 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 Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 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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