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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.
4,630 approved · 654 refused · 496 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field House 47 Gayton Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4EF
Received 27 Sept 2024Agricultural Building At Whinhams Farm 81 St Pauls Road South Walton Highway Norfolk
Received 1 Oct 20246 Warren Cottages Narford Road West Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1UG
Received 1 Oct 20246 Pastures Court Thornham HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6PA
Received 1 Oct 2024Garden House Rectory Lane North Runcton King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0QS
Received 1 Oct 202420 Masefield Drive Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9TS
Received 1 Oct 2024The House On The Green Ling Common Road North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3RE
Received 1 Oct 2024Mill Bank Walpole Highway Norfolk PE14 7RA
Received 30 Sept 2024Denver Hall 22 Ely Road Denver Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0DW
Received 1 Oct 2024Bramble House Lynn Road Walton Highway Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7DB
Received 1 Oct 2024Land East Side Station Road West Dereham Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 2024Land And Buildings Between Model Cottage And Beacon Cottage The Marsh Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 20249 Albion Street King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 202415 Railway Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DX
Received 3 Oct 2024Land N of 26 To 30 Poppyfields Drive Snettisham Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 2024Eastgate Barn Eastgate Holme next The Sea Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 2024Eastgate Barn Eastgate Holme next The Sea Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 20243 The Green South Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9PD
Received 2 Oct 2024All Saints House Church Road Barton Bendish King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9GF
Received 1 Oct 202415 Mill Green Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DY
Received 1 Oct 2024Old Methodist Chapel Downham Road Fincham Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 2024Land To North of Riverside Business Centre Cross Bank Road King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 2024Blackberry Barn 49H Main Road Brookville THETFORD Norfolk IP26 4RB
Received 2 Oct 20243 South Beach Road Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5BA
Received 3 Oct 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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