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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.
3,959 approved · 568 refused · 423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land S of Foresters Avenue Hilgay Norfolk
Received 11 May 2023111 Strickland Close Snettisham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7PZ
Received 12 May 2023149 Main Road Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4DT
Received 12 May 2023Mendham Farm Hall Road Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8PE
Received 20 Apr 2023Mill Rigg March Riverside Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9DR
Received 20 Apr 2023Marham Bowls Club The Street Marham Norfolk PE33 9HP
Received 24 Apr 2023Land W And SW of 55 To 65 Nursery Lane South Wootton Norfolk
Received 12 May 2023Rothyar House 5 Eastgate Lane Terrington St Clement Norfolk PE34 4NU
Received 12 May 20231 Willow Drive Tilney All Saints King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4SU
Received 12 May 2023Sunnyside 80 Lynn Road Grimston King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1AD
Received 12 May 2023Brancote Market Lane Brancaster KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8AB
Received 12 May 2023Holme Oak Stoke Road Wereham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9AT
Received 15 May 2023Land W And SW of 55 To 65 Nursery Lane South Wootton Norfolk
Received 12 May 2023Land SE of Helian House Walnut Road Walpole St Peter Norfolk PE14 7NR
Received 15 May 2023Victory Court 34 Bryggen Road North Lynn Industrial Estate King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 15 May 2023Rose Hall Farm Walpole Bank Walpole St Andrew Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7JD
Received 26 Apr 2023Ivy Farm House 37 Congham Road Grimston King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1DW
Received 20 Apr 2023HILLGATE NURSERIES LTD Sutton Road Terrington St Clement Norfolk PE34 4PA
Received 12 May 2023Ivy Farm House 37 Congham Road Grimston King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1DW
Received 20 Apr 2023York House 101 Croft Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9HQ
Received 15 May 2023Bishops Lynn House 18 Tuesday Market Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JW
Received 20 Apr 2023Bishops Lynn House 18 Tuesday Market Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JW
Received 20 Apr 2023Jacaranda 65 New Road North Runcton Norfolk PE33 0QR
Received 15 May 2023Eatwell Cafe 120 High Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1DD
Received 16 May 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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