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Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Planning applications.
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.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,766Searchable applications
349Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 5,017 approved or refused records
623Refused applications
4,394 approved · 623 refused · 467 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and developmentLocal plan Next Local Plan 2026-2044Conservation areas trees in a conservation area page
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01553616200Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas44 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas12 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Unknown24/00269/LDE
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing material operations that have commenced on site prior to date required for implementation of planning permission
Myosotis Bexwell Road Bexwell DOWNHAM MARKET Norfolk PE38 9LT
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted20/00303/NMAM_1
NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO PLANNING PERMISSION 20/00303/FM: Change of use of existing grain store barn and site to warehouse and external storage of products for sale and dispatch. New entrance to highway created. Over-cladding of existing fibre cement panels, new mezzanine floor, internal offices and warehouse storage
Deerfields Lynn Road Setchey KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE33 0BD
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted24/00272/F
Revised scheme for planning permission 21/00616/F for a 2-storey extension to the side and rear of the property.
4A Wodehouse Road Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6JD
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Application Refused24/00273/F
Change of use from vacant shop to mix use takeaway and restaurant, with insertion of extraction flue, and insertion of new shopfront with rectable canopy
Curtis Butchers 18 Gaultree Square Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8DD
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Application Refused24/00275/F
First floor rear extension to existing dwelling
Holmdene 1 Furlong Road Stoke Ferry King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9SU
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00276/PACU3
Notification for Prior Approval: Change of Use of Agricultural Building to 5 Dwellinghouse (Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q)
Agricultural Building Docking Road Bircham Newton Norfolk
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decided23/01811/DISC_A
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 6 AND 8 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 23/01811/F: Proposed storage building and associated change of land use from agricultural to industrial.
Coopers Transport Middlegate Main Road Terrington St John WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7RP
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00278/AG
Agricultural Prior Notification: New agricultural building for the storage of grain produced on the holding.
Land And Poultry Building At E557071 N305562 Outwell Road Stow Bridge Norfolk
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00279/CON
CONSULTATION BY SOUTH HOLLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL : Screening Request (formulation of solar array at above site)
Sutton Bridge Solar Farm Centenary Way Sutton Bridge PE12 9TF
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted24/00280/RM
Reserved Matters application: Construction of one dwelling.
Land At Cross Lane Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8AE
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decided16/01797/DISC_C
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3, 7, 11 AND 12 OF PLANNING CONSENT 16/01797/F : Renovation of existing building to provide one shop with flat above and one new dwelling. Demolition of workshop to rear of site. Addition of four new dwellings
Fisher & Sons North Street Burnham Market Norfolk
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted24/00282/F
New Front Porch. Render Property. Replacement rear canopy.
6 Woodside Close Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6QD
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted24/00283/F
New Porch & New Rear Extension
Bobtales 8 Woodside Close Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6QD
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted24/00284/F
Single storey rear extension to bungalow
30 Mill Lane Hockwold cum Wilton Thetford Norfolk IP26 4LR
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted24/00285/F
Proposed replacement dwelling and garage (resubmission)
Magpie Farm Magpie Farm Road West Bilney KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE32 1FZ
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Withdrawn24/00286/LDP
Proposed single storey rear extension and porch - see supporting planning drawings and design and access statement
26 Dovecote Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9HB
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decided23/01304/DISC_A
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 7 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 23/01304/F: Proposed two storey dwelling
71 Vancouver Avenue King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5RD
Received 17 Feb 2024 - Application Refused22/00244/NMA_1
NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT to 22/00244/F: Refurbishment of existing building, demolition of existing rear extension to be replaced with a new single storey extension.
Holly House High Street Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8NG
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00045/TREECA
Removal of silver birch. Stump and roots to be removed by grinding. One tree to be removed within Conservation Area.
5 The Maltings Station Road Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HA
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00289/LDP
LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED; Putting PV panels on the roof (south Facing ) only below 50kwh capacity.
Land W of Kenwick Hall And S of Track Station Road Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4DH
Received 18 Feb 2024 - Application Refused24/00290/F
REMOVAL OF CONDITION 8 OF PLANNING CONSENT DM6628: Removal of Agricultural Restriction on bungalow
Klearview Lynn Road Fincham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9HE
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00046/TREECA
T1 - Ash - Remove and replace with more suitable, smaller tree. T2 - Wild Cherry - Crown to be reduced.
11 The Green South Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9PD
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Application Permitted24/00291/F
Variation of Condition 19 attached to Planning Permission 20/01661/OM: Residential development for up to 22 dwellings (Outline application including access only)
Land Accessed Via 32 And W of 24 To 36 But E of Fairfield Lane Downham Road Watlington Norfolk
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00047/TREECA
5 DAY NOTICE - Carry out work to make tree safe
TESCO London Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AW
Received 19 Feb 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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