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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.
3,708 approved · 532 refused · 404 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South East of 62 Elmside Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8BQ
Received 29 Dec 20225 Railway Cottages Station Road Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LY
Received 30 Dec 2022The Hideaways 3A South Beach Road Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5BA
Received 3 Jan 202349 South Everard Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5HJ
Received 3 Jan 202321 Langridge Circle Watlington Norfolk PE33 0UF
Received 3 Jan 202338 Westland Chase West Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0QH
Received 3 Jan 2023Land N of 63 And S of 67 High Road Tilney cum Islington Norfolk
Received 3 Jan 202333 Victoria Avenue Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6BY
Received 3 Jan 202325 Little Walsingham Close South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3TF
Received 23 Dec 2022Land On SE Side Schoold Road Marshland St James Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8EU
Received 23 Dec 2022141B Elm High Road Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 0DD
Received 23 Dec 2022The Old Dairy Stanhoe Road Bircham Tofts Norfolk PE31 6QT
Received 4 Jan 2023Holly House Well Street Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LQ
Received 4 Jan 2023Ponders End International Hamlin Way Hardwick Narrows King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4NG
Received 4 Jan 2023Sue Ryder Care 79 Westgate Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5EP
Received 4 Jan 2023Hawkins Solicitors 19 Tuesday Market Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JP
Received 4 Jan 2023Emric Pudrah 141 School Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9ES
Received 28 Dec 202240 Tower Road Hilgay Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0JS
Received 29 Dec 202215 College Drive Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7BY
Received 29 Dec 2022The Nook 57 Ryston Road Denver Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0DP
Received 5 Jan 202334 St Andrews Lane Congham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1DY
Received 5 Jan 2023Seacroft Mobillity 50 High Street King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 5 Jan 2023Victoria Cottage Gong Lane Burnham Overy Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8JG
Received 5 Jan 2023Coach And Horses 77 Manor Road Dersingham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 6LN
Received 5 Jan 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 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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