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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.
3,915 approved · 560 refused · 421 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 St Johns Road Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk PE34 4QN
Received 16 Mar 202317 St James Drive Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9SZ
Received 15 Mar 2023Hoste Arms Vine House Boutique Hotel 71 Market Place Burnham Market Norfolk PE31 8HD
Received 15 Mar 2023The Rookery 24 Westgate Holme next The Sea Norfolk PE36 6LF
Received 15 Mar 2023Sunrise 52 Weasenham Road Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2EY
Received 15 Mar 2023Sewage Treatment Works Bridge Road Stoke Ferry Norfolk
Received 15 Mar 20233 Cambridge Road North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3QU
Received 9 Mar 202327 Cheney Hill Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7BL
Received 9 Mar 2023Land W of South Wootton School Off Edward Benefer Way King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 9 Mar 2023Unit 6 To 8 Fairfield Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9ET
Received 7 Mar 202331 Carlton Drive North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3QY
Received 10 Mar 2023Land Opposite 1 To 4 Beacon Hill Burnham Market Norfolk
Received 17 Mar 2023PLOT 1 22 Bagthorpe Road East Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RA
Received 17 Mar 2023Feather Farm Burnham Road Stanhoe KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8QD
Received 16 Mar 20239 York Avenue Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6BU
Received 16 Mar 2023The Barn Church Farm West Head Road Stow Bridge KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 3NW
Received 16 Mar 2023Ladysmith Cottage Castle Road Wormegay King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0SG
Received 16 Mar 20231 Banyards Place Runcton Holme King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0AL
Received 16 Mar 2023Land North of Lions Close Southery Norfolk
Received 17 Mar 2023The Old Bell 2 Whittington Hill Whittington King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9TE
Received 17 Mar 2023Chalfont House High Street Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8NH
Received 17 Mar 20235 Kenwick Hall Gardens Station Road Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4XJ
Received 17 Mar 202341 Mannington Place South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3UD
Received 2 Mar 2023No.TWENTY 9 29 Market Place Burnham Market Norfolk PE31 8HF
Received 17 Mar 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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