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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.
4,332 approved · 618 refused · 458 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Rose Hall Farm Walpole Bank Walpole St Andrew Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7JD
Received 23 Jan 2024Old White Horse Station Road East Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RB
Received 23 Jan 202421 Lower Road Castle Rising King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6AD
Received 23 Jan 2024St Cecilia's Church Mountbatten Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6YE
Received 24 Jan 2024Neil Whicker Electrical Services Ltd The Old Coach Yard 50A Bexwell Road Downham Market DOWNHAM MARKET Norfolk PE38 9LH
Received 23 Jan 2024Land E of 160 And W of Roundabout Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk
Received 23 Jan 202439 London Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AT
Received 23 Jan 2024Three Ways Gayton Road East Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1LG
Received 23 Jan 2024Broad Lane House Broad Lane Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8AU
Received 23 Jan 202417 Reg Houchen Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6UH
Received 23 Jan 20241 Hall View Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4NZ
Received 24 Jan 2024Caley Hall Motel 89 Old Hunstanton Road Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6HH
Received 22 Jan 2024Cloughs Farm 7 Hythe Road Methwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 4PP
Received 25 Jan 20245 School Pastures Burnham Deepdale King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DF
Received 24 Jan 2024Recreation And Playgound SW of 138 Sandringham Avenue Upper Marham Norfolk
Received 24 Jan 2024North Lynn Farm Estuary Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2HL
Received 24 Jan 2024Land Adjacent Former Coal Yard Adjacent To The Poplars Thetford Road Northwold Norfolk
Received 24 Jan 202424 Sandringham Avenue Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8QH
Received 24 Jan 2024Grapevine Gallery St Andrews Cottage Overy Road Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HH
Received 24 Jan 20246 The Cricket Pasture Burnham Deepdale King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DQ
Received 24 Jan 2024Freebridge Community Housing Juniper House 21 Austin Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1DZ
Received 24 Jan 2024Land S of 32 And N of Spring View 32 Common Road Snettisham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7PF
Received 24 Jan 2024Sahara 110 London Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AT
Received 24 Jan 202424 Belgrave Avenue Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6DQ
Received 25 Jan 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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