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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.
4,173 approved · 593 refused · 442 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 2 117 - 118 London Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5ES
Received 17 Jul 2023Land SE of 50 Hunstanton Road Heacham Norfolk
Received 17 Jul 20235 - 6 Priory Terrace Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9JY
Received 17 Jul 20236 Hungate Road Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8DE
Received 17 Jul 2023Associated British Ports Alexandra Dock Port of King's Lynn King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2ET
Received 14 Jul 2023Churchill Cottage Field Lane Wretton King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9QZ
Received 17 Jul 2023Wood Hall Woodhall Road Hilgay Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0JY
Received 17 Jul 2023Church Hill Farmhouse Church Hill Farm Wells Road Burnham Overy Town Norfolk PE31 8HU
Received 26 Jun 202378 Old Hunstanton Road Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6HX
Received 17 Jul 2023The Birches Cuckoo Road Stow Bridge KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 3NY
Received 18 Jul 2023Victoria House 99 Lynn Road Snettisham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7QA
Received 18 Jul 2023Whinhams Farm 81 St Pauls Road South Walton Highway WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7DD
Received 17 Jul 202342 Civray Avenue Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9TR
Received 17 Jul 2023Primrose Cottage 39 Ringstead Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7JA
Received 18 Jul 2023The Feathers Hotel 71 Manor Road Dersingham Norfolk PE31 6LN
Received 27 Jun 2023The Feathers Hotel 71 Manor Road Dersingham Norfolk PE31 6LN
Received 27 Jun 2023Priory Terrace Downham Market Norfolk
Received 18 Jul 202336 All Saints Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AD
Received 27 Jun 202336 All Saints Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AD
Received 26 Jun 2023BRANCASTER FOOTPATH 5 Brancaster Norfolk
Received 7 Jul 2023Land North of Rosewood Marham Road Fincham Norfolk
Received 18 Jul 2023William George Business Park William George Way Blackborough End KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE32 1GN
Received 28 Jun 2023Dersingham Sports Council Manor Road Dersingham Norfolk PE31 6LD
Received 18 Jul 2023Land SE of Number 50 Hunstanton Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7JS
Received 18 Jul 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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