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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.
4,247 approved · 608 refused · 450 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 & 4A Paradise Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9HS
Received 4 Sept 202321 The Broadlands The Street Syderstone KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8ST
Received 1 Sept 2023Thurlow Cottage 16 Eastgate Holme next The Sea Norfolk PE36 6LL
Received 15 Aug 2023Oak Lodge 75 Chapel Road Pott Row Norfolk PE32 1BP
Received 16 Aug 202376 Old Hunstanton Road Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6HX
Received 1 Sept 2023Land East Side Station Road West Dereham Norfolk
Received 4 Sept 2023Grass Verge A148 Nar Ouse Way King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 4 Sept 202366 St Johns Road Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk PE34 4QN
Received 4 Sept 2023Limagrain UK Ltd Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk
Received 4 Sept 20234 Parkside Sedgeford Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5NE
Received 21 Aug 2023Cherries Molls Drove Outwell Norfolk PE14 0LG
Received 18 Aug 2023Agricultural Building SE of Bradford House Bustards Lane Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 5 Sept 2023Land Adjoining Floyd House Marsh Side Brancaster Norfolk
Received 5 Sept 2023Manor Farm House 57 Burnham Road South Creake FAKENHAM Norfolk NR21 9JG
Received 5 Sept 2023Davy Field Hill Road Ingoldisthorpe Norfolk
Received 5 Sept 2023St Marys House London Street Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8AR
Received 6 Sept 2023The Dial House 12 Railway Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9EB
Received 6 Sept 2023Land N of 26 To 30 Poppyfields Drive Snettisham Norfolk
Received 6 Sept 2023Land N of 26 To 30 Poppyfields Drive Snettisham Norfolk
Received 6 Sept 2023Cleveland House 10 Gayton Road Ashwicken Norfolk PE32 1LS
Received 6 Sept 2023Land North of Greenslade House Newton Road Castle Acre Norfolk
Received 6 Sept 20236 Walsingham Road Burnham Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HN
Received 6 Sept 2023The Old Rectory 38 Rectory Lane North Runcton King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0QS
Received 6 Sept 2023Poplar Farm Lady Drove Barroway Drove Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0AG
Received 1 Sept 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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