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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.
3,986 approved · 570 refused · 427 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
128 Gaywood Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2PX
Received 22 May 2023Cordals 4 Whitecross Lane Tilney All Saints King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4SR
Received 23 May 202321 Abbey Road Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2HN
Received 23 May 20237B King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ET
Received 22 May 20237B King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ET
Received 22 May 2023Tamar Nurseries Ltd West Drove South Walpole Highway WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7RA
Received 23 May 2023Tesco Campbells Meadow King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4WQ
Received 22 May 202343 Guanock Terrace King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5QT
Received 22 May 2023360 Wootton Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3EB
Received 23 May 202331 Wingfields Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AR
Received 22 May 20235 Gambles Row School Road St John's Fen End Terrington St John Norfolk PE14 7SL
Received 23 May 2023Unit 1 Sovereign House 2 Sovereign Way Trafalgar Industrial Estate Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9SW
Received 22 May 20232 The Drove Barroway Drove Norfolk PE38 0AJ
Received 23 May 2023157 - 159 Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9LJ
Received 19 May 2023The Orchard 17 Senters Road Dersingham Norfolk PE31 6LJ
Received 2 May 2023St Patricks Villa Back Lane East Rudham Norfolk PE31 8TQ
Received 2 May 2023Chilver Lodge Chilver House Lane Bawsey King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1ES
Received 2 May 202316 Moat Road Terrington St Clement King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4PN
Received 2 May 2023G C Field & Sons Southery Road Farm Ploughmans Drove Feltwell Norfolk
Received 23 May 20231 Yeomans Close Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8QX
Received 23 May 2023Meadow View School Lane Marham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9JA
Received 24 May 20231 The Firs Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9SJ
Received 24 May 20231 Liege Cottages Basin Road Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8TQ
Received 23 May 2023Land At E548414 N309503 Burrettgate Road Walsoken Norfolk
Received 23 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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