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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3,915 approved · 560 refused · 421 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
42 Westgate Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5EL
Received 4 Apr 202345 Marram Way Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7AH
Received 4 Apr 2023Old Postings Main Road Brancaster Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8BX
Received 4 Apr 202330 Hungate Road Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8DE
Received 4 Apr 2023Salamanca 31 London Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AT
Received 5 Apr 2023Salamanca 31 London Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AT
Received 5 Apr 2023Croft House Farm 48 Croft Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9HE
Received 4 Apr 2023Riverside St Germans Road Setchey King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0BB
Received 5 Apr 202369 Bridge Street Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DW
Received 4 Apr 2023Land S of Bartonview And N of Numbers 17 S-Bend Lynn Road Walsoken Norfolk
Received 5 Apr 202364 Church Close Grimston King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1BL
Received 20 Mar 202314 Stoke Road Methwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 4PE
Received 4 Apr 202326 Millers Lane Wimbotsham King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3QF
Received 4 Apr 2023Flint Barn 20 Burnham Road Ringstead Norfolk PE36 5LB
Received 21 Mar 2023Hill House 25 Methwold Road Whittington King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9TH
Received 21 Mar 2023Optima Stainless Ltd Hamlin Way Hardwick Narrows King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4NG
Received 6 Apr 2023Land NE of 7 To 11 Bridle Lane Downham Market Norfolk
Received 6 Apr 2023Athelstan 19 Station Road Watlington King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0JF
Received 5 Apr 20238 Abbey Lakes Close Pentney Norfolk PE32 1FN
Received 6 Apr 202314 Common Lane Brancaster Staithe KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8BL
Received 5 Apr 202315 Barnwell Cottages Aslack Way Holme next The Sea Norfolk PE36 6LP
Received 5 Apr 20231 Manor Farm Barns Eastmoor Road Eastmoor Barton Bendish Norfolk PE33 9PZ
Received 6 Apr 202397 School Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9EW
Received 5 Apr 2023Studley 52 Lynn Road Terrington St Clement KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 4JX
Received 5 Apr 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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