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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.
4,534 approved · 643 refused · 481 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building North of Manor Lodge 40 Small Lode Upwell Norfolk PE14 9BE
Received 18 Apr 2024Buildings SE of 21 Sutton Road Walpole Cross Keys Norfolk
Received 19 Apr 2024Mow Creek Cottage Cross Lane Brancaster Hunstanton Norfolk PE31 8AE
Received 22 Apr 202447 South Everard Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5HJ
Received 24 Apr 2024Limagrain UK Ltd Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8QX
Received 24 Apr 2024Green Ridge 77 Gayton Road Ashwicken King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1LW
Received 22 Apr 2024The Mill Mill Road Harpley King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6TT
Received 22 Apr 2024Showboat Amusements 30 - 32 Purfleet Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ER
Received 23 Apr 2024Evelyn House 2 Pedlars Mews School Road Snettisham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7XQ
Received 22 Apr 2024Rough Barn 65 Sluice Road Denver Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0DY
Received 25 Apr 2024Rough Barn 65 Sluice Road Denver Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0DY
Received 25 Apr 2024Howards Barn Creake Road Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8EN
Received 25 Apr 2024The Beeches 22 Hall Orchards Middleton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1RY
Received 23 Apr 2024Holly Cottage 4 Choseley Road Thornham Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6ND
Received 24 Apr 2024Mendham Farm Hall Road Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8PE
Received 26 Apr 2024Land At E550387 N297062 Off Ha Penny Toll Road Lott's Bridge Three Holes Norfolk
Received 26 Apr 202432 Ennerdale Drive South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3NZ
Received 27 Apr 2024Whitehouse Farm House Outwell Road Nordelph Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0BG
Received 28 Apr 2024Land At E 564666 N 325257 Off Ling Common Road North Wootton Norfolk
Received 29 Apr 2024Frontier Agriculture The Grain Silo Saddlebow Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3RB
Received 29 Apr 2024Greevegate House 50 Greevegate Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6AE
Received 29 Apr 20247 Jeffery Close King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2HX
Received 30 Apr 2024Crandleford House 82 Chapel Road Pott Row King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1BP
Received 29 Apr 20244 Heath Rise Syderstone King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8TN
Received 29 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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