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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.
4,566 approved · 646 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3A Kings Staithe Square King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JE
Received 21 Aug 20243A Kings Staithe Square King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JE
Received 21 Aug 2024The Greenoaks 226 Main Road Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4AD
Received 21 Aug 202436 Barsham Drive South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3TT
Received 21 Aug 2024The Pightle 168 Leziate Drove Ashwicken King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1LT
Received 20 Aug 202441 Mannington Place South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3UD
Received 22 Aug 2024Land At X573296 Y319164 East Walton Road Gayton Norfolk
Received 22 Aug 2024Land West of Knights Hill Village Grimston Road South Wootton Norfolk
Received 22 Aug 2024Barrott's Barn Hubbards Drove Hilgay Norfolk PE38 0JZ
Received 22 Aug 2024Knights Hill Village Grimston Road South Wootton Norfolk PE30 3HQ
Received 22 Aug 202432 & 33 Bridge Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AB
Received 22 Aug 202432 & 33 Bridge Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AB
Received 22 Aug 2024Land And Buildings South of Park Farm Barns Bircham Road Snettisham Norfolk
Received 22 Aug 202468 Chapnall Close Walsoken WISBECH Norfolk PE13 3TZ
Received 22 Aug 202418 Sandringham Grove Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6GA
Received 22 Aug 2024Hirdling House 26 Church Road Tilney St Lawrence King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4QQ
Received 22 Aug 2024Weirside 10B Silt Road Nordelph DOWNHAM MARKET Norfolk PE30 0XX
Received 22 Aug 20241A Old Town Way Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6HE
Received 23 Aug 2024The Beeches 31 Chequers Road Pott Row King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1AJ
Received 23 Aug 20243 Wesley Close Terrington St Clement King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4PE
Received 23 Aug 2024126 Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9LJ
Received 26 Aug 2024Rosemead Pius Drove Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9AL
Received 26 Aug 2024Lawn Villa 131 Main Street Hockwold cum Wilton Thetford Norfolk IP26 4LX
Received 27 Aug 2024Electrical Distribution Station Bridge Place Off Wootton Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3BW
Received 22 Aug 2024Records 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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