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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.
4,268 approved · 609 refused · 452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A St Johns Way St John's Business Estate Downham Market Norfolk
Received 26 Sept 2023Old Clerks Office - Downham Market Town Council 6 Market Place Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DE
Received 27 Sept 202371 Howdale Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AH
Received 28 Sept 2023Poplars Broadwater Road Holme next The Sea HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6LQ
Received 28 Sept 2023Land W of South Wootton School Off Edward Benefer Way King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 27 Sept 2023The Old Coach House 40A Lynn Road Snettisham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7QB
Received 28 Sept 20237 Burdock Close Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AZ
Received 22 Sept 2023The Grange 42 Lynn Road Snettisham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7QB
Received 27 Sept 2023Kettlewell House Kettlewell Lane King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1PW
Received 28 Sept 202385 Gayton Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4EH
Received 28 Sept 2023Flat 1 Trinity Quay Page Stair Lane King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1NQ
Received 29 Sept 202352 Bagthorpe Road East Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RA
Received 29 Sept 2023Wildwood 73C Howdale Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AH
Received 29 Sept 202348 Woodland Gardens North Wootton Norfolk PE30 3PX
Received 29 Sept 2023Snowdrop Cottage 25 The Wroe Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8AL
Received 25 Sept 202394 Hall Road Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4AT
Received 25 Sept 2023Manor Farm Back Street Gayton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1QR
Received 3 Oct 2023Church Farm Distribution Depot Northgate Way Terrington St Clement Norfolk
Received 4 Oct 2023Newcome Baker Farms Ltd William Barber Whin Close Farm Docking Road Sedgeford Norfolk
Received 13 Oct 2023Sedgeford Tennis Centre Ringstead Road Sedgeford Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5NQ
Received 20 Oct 2023Wisbech Town Football Club Fenland Stadium Lynn Road Walsoken WISBECH Norfolk PE14 7AL
Received 27 Oct 202318 Park Crescent Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3BU
Received 7 Nov 2023Willow Bank 48 Nursery Lane South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3LR
Received 8 Nov 2023Industrial Buildings NE of 2 Wisbech Road Outwell Norfolk
Received 13 Nov 2023Records 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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