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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.
4,260 approved · 609 refused · 452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ancillary Outbuildings At 34 Whin Common Road Denver Norfolk
Received 1 Sept 2023The Willows High Street Thornham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE36 6LY
Received 1 Sept 2023Agricultural Barn N of Low Marsh Meadows Marsh Road Outwell Norfolk
Received 4 Sept 2023Fountain Foods Ltd 79 New Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9AB
Received 1 Sept 2023Agricultural Farm Building NE of St Peters Farm E Side of Drove Eastern Most Building Middle Drove Marshland St James Norfolk
Received 12 Sept 202359A Manor Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6LH
Received 12 Sept 2023157 St Peters Road West Lynn King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3JF
Received 12 Sept 2023Anchorage House Broomsthorpe Road East Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RG
Received 13 Sept 2023Land And Buildings S of Burnsall Squires Drove Three Holes Norfolk
Received 12 Sept 2023The Site Lies West of Osborne Road And North of A Scrap Yard, Just Beyond The Wisbech Settlement Boundary.
Received 13 Sept 2023Diglea Caravan & Camping Park 32 Beach Road Shepherds Port Snettisham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7RA
Received 13 Sept 202316 Mill Green Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DY
Received 5 Sept 2023Agricultural Farm Building NE of St Peters Farm E Side of Drove Eastern Most Building Middle Drove Marshland St James Norfolk
Received 13 Sept 2023Chalk Hill 73 Burnham Road North Creake Norfolk NR21 9LA
Received 13 Sept 20231 Prospect Place Harbour Way Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8BW
Received 13 Sept 2023WhataHoot Distillery 7A King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ET
Received 13 Sept 202333 Kenside Snettisham Norfolk PE31 7PB
Received 13 Sept 2023College Farm 10 Whin Common Road Denver DOWNHAM MARKET Norfolk PE38 0DX
Received 13 Sept 2023Potsford Cottage Northwold Road Methwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 4PF
Received 13 Sept 2023Samphire 20 Ulph Place Burnham Market Norfolk PE31 8HQ
Received 6 Sept 2023Holly Bank The Drove Brancaster Staithe Norfolk PE31 8FH
Received 14 Sept 2023Land At Sutton Estate Burnham Market Norfolk
Received 14 Sept 202323 Euston Way South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3TX
Received 14 Sept 2023St Johns Vicarage Blackfriars Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1NT
Received 14 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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