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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.
3,939 approved · 565 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Hill Farmhouse Church Hill Farm Wells Road Burnham Overy Town Norfolk PE31 8HU
Received 5 Apr 2023Longridge 37 Elm High Road Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 0DG
Received 25 Apr 2023Land To The Rear of 24 Common Road Snettisham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7PE
Received 26 Apr 2023Flat 44 London Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5QH
Received 25 Apr 2023Marsh Farm Main Road Burnham Deepdale Norfolk PE31 8DD
Received 3 Apr 202325 Lynn Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9NJ
Received 3 Apr 202325 Lynn Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9NJ
Received 3 Apr 2023Cherry Trees Church Walk Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DH
Received 21 Apr 202312 Rolfe Crescent Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7SF
Received 5 Apr 2023Thurlow Cottage 16 Eastgate Holme next The Sea Norfolk PE36 6LL
Received 26 Apr 2023Sunset Farm Lynn Road Walpole Highway WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7QX
Received 26 Apr 2023Site North of 10 &11 Church Close Pentney King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1JJ
Received 26 Apr 2023The Dental Surgery 6 King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ES
Received 26 Apr 2023Creake House Wells Road North Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9LG
Received 3 Apr 2023Green Gates Common Road Wiggenhall St Mary The Virgin KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 3EW
Received 6 Apr 2023Land S of Walpole Substation Walpole Bank Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 6 Apr 2023Land E of 160 And W of Roundabout Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk
Received 27 Apr 2023Fairways 14 The Cricket Pasture Burnham Deepdale Norfolk PE31 8DQ
Received 5 Apr 2023Church Hill Farmhouse Church Hill Farm Wells Road Burnham Overy Town Norfolk PE31 8HU
Received 4 Apr 2023Unit 3 Grassgate Lane Walsoken WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7AN
Received 27 Apr 202321 Walton Road Marshland St James Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8DP
Received 27 Apr 20231 St James Green Castle Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2BD
Received 12 Apr 2023Holme Oak Stoke Road Wereham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9AT
Received 14 Apr 202311 Harefields Station Road Docking Norfolk PE31 8LL
Received 20 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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