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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.
4,192 approved · 598 refused · 445 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 And 107 Wilton Road Feltwell Thetford Norfolk IP26 4AY
Received 3 Jul 2023Salters Road Flats Salters Road King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 3 Jul 2023Briarfields Hotel Main Road Titchwell King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8BB
Received 25 Jul 2023Burnham Rise Herrings Lane Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DW
Received 25 Jul 202318 Wingfields Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AR
Received 24 Jul 202349 Kenside Snettisham Norfolk PE31 7PB
Received 24 Jul 2023Land S of 4A To 7A Furlong Road Stoke Ferry Norfolk
Received 24 Jul 2023Land SW of The Coach House Low Road Wretton Norfolk
Received 24 Jul 2023Upwell Primary School 61 School Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9EW
Received 25 Jul 2023Land E of Field Lodge Back Lane Pott Row Norfolk
Received 5 Jul 2023Wildfowl And Wetlands Trust Hundred Foot Bank Welney Norfolk PE14 9TN
Received 6 Jul 2023The Grove Massingham Road Castle Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2BG
Received 6 Jul 2023Tarrangate 4 Folgate Lane Walpole St Andrew Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7HY
Received 26 Jul 2023Land At E570661 N322484 Back Lane Pott Row Norfolk
Received 25 Jul 2023Middlegate Main Road Terrington St John WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7RP
Received 27 Jul 202359 Hall Road Clenchwarton Norfolk PE34 4AS
Received 27 Jul 2023Little Massingham Manor Station Road Little Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2JU
Received 27 Jul 202344 Greevegate Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6AG
Received 10 Jul 2023Land South of 15 Wildfields Road Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4DE
Received 31 Jul 202336 Robin Kerkham Way Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4BB
Received 31 Jul 20237 Jannoch's Court Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6DX
Received 31 Jul 202321 Manor Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6LD
Received 31 Jul 202331 Castle Rising Road South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3HP
Received 31 Jul 2023Lavender Cottage Lynn Road Stoke Ferry King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9SW
Received 10 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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