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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.
3,968 approved · 569 refused · 424 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White House Farm 63 Salts Road West Walton Norfolk PE14 7EJ
Received 15 May 20234 Hillside Ringstead Road Sedgeford Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5NF
Received 15 May 202359 Kensington Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4AS
Received 16 May 20234 Sandringham Grove Old Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6GA
Received 15 May 2023The Vicarage Church Road Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6JS
Received 15 May 20231 Hamilton Road Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6JA
Received 15 May 2023Wiggenhall House Church Road Wiggenhall St Mary The Virgin KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 3EJ
Received 16 May 2023Sussex Farm Ringstead Road Burnham Market Norfolk
Received 21 Apr 202321 Walton Road Marshland St James Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8DP
Received 27 Apr 2023Annexe At White Dyke Farm Black Dyke Road Hockwold cum Wilton Norfolk
Received 24 Apr 202324 Fir Tree Drive West Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0PR
Received 24 Apr 2023Fairview Wilkins Road Walsoken Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8DQ
Received 24 Apr 2023Little Cottage East Harbour Way Burnham Overy Staithe Norfolk PE31 8JF
Received 17 May 2023Merganser 2 Heath Rise Syderstone King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8TN
Received 16 May 202315 Stratford Close Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6YT
Received 17 May 2023Elyards Farm 18 Back Lane West Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0LF
Received 25 Apr 2023Appletree Cottage The Lane Salters Lode Norfolk PE38 0DL
Received 25 Apr 2023152 Wootton Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4BU
Received 27 Apr 2023The Old Chequers 37 Front Street South Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9PF
Received 17 May 2023Land And Former Semi Detached Cottage Buildings At 30 And 32 Church Road Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk
Received 18 May 2023109 Church Drove Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8RP
Received 18 May 202345 Hayfields Road North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3RR
Received 18 May 2023Electricity Sub Station W of 147 Sutton Road Terrington St Clement Norfolk
Received 18 May 2023Croylands 157 Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9LJ
Received 17 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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