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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.
3,925 approved · 562 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land W of Crown Street N of Hall Farm Bungalow Hall Farm Drive Methwold THETFORD Norfolk IP26 4QG
Received 29 Mar 2023La Hat 27 Golf Course Road Old Hunstanton HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6JG
Received 30 Mar 2023Rest Haven 23 South Beach Heacham Norfolk PE31 7LH
Received 20 Apr 2023Gate House South Road Shouldham Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0DR
Received 30 Mar 2023Hillington Service Station Service Station Lynn Road Hillington Norfolk PE31 6BJ
Received 30 Mar 2023Frontier Agriculture The Grain Silo Saddlebow Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3RB
Received 20 Apr 202338 Hunstanton Road The Green Heacham Norfolk PE31 7HH
Received 21 Apr 2023Land SE of 50 Hunstanton Road Heacham Norfolk
Received 20 Apr 20238 Pretoria Grove South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3SP
Received 18 Apr 2023Willow Spring Barn Main Road West Bilney KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE32 1HS
Received 21 Apr 2023Land And Former Semi Detached Cottage Buildings At 30 And 32 Workhouse Lane Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk
Received 21 Apr 2023Annexe At White Dyke Farm Black Dyke Road Hockwold cum Wilton Norfolk
Received 21 Apr 2023Shalimar 9 Grimston Road South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3HS
Received 24 Apr 2023Wereham Village Hall Church Road Wereham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE33 9AP
Received 11 Apr 2023Annexe At White Dyke Farm Black Dyke Road Hockwold cum Wilton Norfolk
Received 24 Apr 20239 Ely Road Hilgay Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0JW
Received 30 Mar 202343 Northgate Way Terrington St Clement King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4LD
Received 25 Apr 2023Shir-Eam 41 Priory Lane North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3PT
Received 24 Apr 20239 Wingfields Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AR
Received 24 Apr 2023Davmar 4 Council Houses Lynn Road Tilney All Saints KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 4SA
Received 25 Apr 2023Piplin House Castleacre Road Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2HD
Received 31 Mar 2023The Cottage School Road East Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RF
Received 25 Apr 2023Site To The West of Kiln House Thieves Bridge Road Watlington Norfolk
Received 31 Mar 20231 Ryston Close Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9BD
Received 3 Apr 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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