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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.
4,524 approved · 642 refused · 480 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Palms 73B Howdale Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AH
Received 12 Apr 2024September House Main Road Brancaster Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8BY
Received 12 Apr 2024The White Horse 40 Kirkgate Holme next The Sea Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LH
Received 12 Apr 2024The White Horse 40 Kirkgate Holme next The Sea Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LH
Received 12 Apr 2024Barn At Manor Farm Church Lane East Winch Norfolk
Received 12 Apr 202423A Queen Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1HT
Received 12 Apr 2024Land Between 41 And 45 Low Road Low Road Stow Bridge KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 3PE
Received 12 Apr 202473 St Peters Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9EJ
Received 12 Apr 202433B Lynn Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9NJ
Received 12 Apr 2024Broad Lane House Broad Lane Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8AU
Received 12 Apr 2024Unit 6 To 8 Fairfield Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9ET
Received 15 Apr 202414 High Street Castle Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2BQ
Received 14 Apr 2024Lantern Cottage Hunstanton Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7JY
Received 3 Apr 2024Agricultural Building Docking Road Bircham Newton Norfolk
Received 2 Apr 2024Rosemary House Station Road Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HA
Received 3 Apr 2024Heacham Social Club 13 Station Road Heacham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7HG
Received 15 Apr 2024Land Adjacent To Shalimar 9 Grimston Road South Wootton Norfolk PE30 3HS
Received 15 Apr 202452 St Johns Road Tilney St Lawrence King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4QL
Received 15 Apr 2024Archies Cottage High Street Thornham Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LY
Received 15 Apr 202436 Beach Road Shepherds Port Snettisham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7RA
Received 15 Apr 20243 Kings Staithe Square King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JE
Received 8 Apr 20243 Kings Staithe Square King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JE
Received 8 Apr 202412 School Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7DE
Received 16 Apr 2024Glebe House Creake Road Burnham Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HW
Received 16 Apr 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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