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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.
3,947 approved · 565 refused · 423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
100 Fen Road Watlington King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0HY
Received 4 Apr 2023The Birches 8 Fen Road Watlington King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0JB
Received 6 Apr 2023Field To West of Priory Road Castle Acre Norfolk
Received 28 Apr 2023Barn SE of Pochester Market Lane Bustards Lane Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 28 Apr 2023Agricultural Building SE of Bradford House Bustards Lane Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 28 Apr 202338 Poplar Avenue Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7EA
Received 28 Apr 2023Lidl 43 Lynn Road Heacham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7JF
Received 28 Apr 2023The Old Forge Church Lane Barton Bendish Norfolk
Received 28 Apr 2023Quavers High Street Thornham Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LY
Received 28 Apr 2023Storage Land Rivendale Watlington Road Runcton Holme Norfolk
Received 2 May 20236A Newcombe Drive Feltwell Norfolk IP26 4AH
Received 2 May 2023The Chequers 7 Church Road Wimbotsham King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3QG
Received 3 May 2023Little Owls Rudhams Pre School School Road East Rudham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8RF
Received 3 May 2023Vacant 17 St James Street King's Lynn KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE30 5DA
Received 2 May 2023Vacant 17 St James Street King's Lynn KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE30 5DA
Received 3 May 202338 Jubilee Bank Road Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4BW
Received 2 May 2023Rose Bungalow Hubbards Drove Hilgay Norfolk PE38 0JZ
Received 2 May 20232 The Cottons Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8TP
Received 2 May 20239 Sarahs Road Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5PA
Received 3 May 20235 - 9 Chapel Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1EG
Received 2 May 202351 New Road North Runcton Norfolk PE33 0QR
Received 3 May 2023The Cottage High Street Nordelph Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0BL
Received 3 May 2023Marvin 4 Elmhurst Drive South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3LA
Received 11 Apr 202319 Row Hill West Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0PE
Received 11 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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