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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.
4,056 approved · 582 refused · 434 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Spring Close King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3ED
Received 18 May 2023The Field House Creake Road Burnham Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HW
Received 14 Jun 2023Redwins 5 Market Place Burnham Market Norfolk PE31 8HE
Received 14 Jun 2023Boskoop Farm Lynn Road Walpole Highway Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7QX
Received 15 Jun 202365 High Street Northwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 5NF
Received 16 Jun 202327 Guanock Fields William Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5QW
Received 19 May 2023Lovell Homes NORA 4 Site Offices And Compound Morston Drift King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5GA
Received 31 May 2023Barrow Hill Barn 40 Common Lane Brancaster Staithe KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8BL
Received 19 Jun 2023White Cottage 19 Wodehouse Road Old Hunstanton HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6JW
Received 19 Jun 2023Red Bricks 15 Back Lane Pott Row King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1BT
Received 16 Jun 2023The Smithy Main Road Brancaster Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8BJ
Received 16 Jun 2023Sunview 9 Willow Drive Setchey King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0BG
Received 19 Jun 2023Land N of Lode Cottages And W of Lode House Church Lane Hockwold cum Wilton Norfolk
Received 19 Jun 2023Land W And SW of 55 To 65 Nursery Lane South Wootton Norfolk
Received 8 Jun 202328 High Street Ringstead Norfolk PE36 5JU
Received 12 Jun 2023Lightlands Herrings Lane Burnham Market KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8DW
Received 24 May 2023Lightlands Herrings Lane Burnham Market KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8DW
Received 14 Jun 2023Brette Cottage Cross Lane Brancaster Norfolk PE31 8AE
Received 19 Jun 2023Coach And Horses 77 Manor Road Dersingham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 6LN
Received 22 May 2023Westfield 27 Peddars Way Holme next The Sea Norfolk PE36 6LE
Received 19 Jun 2023Service Station 14 Westgate Street Southery Norfolk PE38 0PA
Received 19 Jun 2023Denning 7 Marsh Lane Burnham Norton Norfolk PE31 8DS
Received 20 Jun 2023Church Hill Farmhouse Church Hill Farm Wells Road Burnham Overy Town Norfolk PE31 8HU
Received 23 May 2023Land South of Hunstanton 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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