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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.
4,664 approved · 655 refused · 499 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
April Cottage 1 Golf Course Road Old Hunstanton HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6JH
Received 10 Oct 2024167 Station Road Watlington King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0JG
Received 10 Oct 20248 Lime Grove Gayton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1QU
Received 10 Oct 2024TSB 1 - 3 Tuesday Market Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1JU
Received 11 Oct 202412 Walcups Lane Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2HR
Received 11 Oct 2024Yew House 27 Dovecote Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9HB
Received 14 Oct 2024The House On The Green Ling Common Road North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3RE
Received 13 Oct 20245 The Rowans Victory Road Downham Market Norfolk
Received 10 Oct 2024Bridges Pius Drove Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9AL
Received 10 Oct 2024The Court House Joan Shorts Lane Burnham Market KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8HJ
Received 14 Oct 2024Mast Telecom 2 Appleyard Farm Outwell Road Emneth Norfolk
Received 11 Oct 2024Choseley Farmhouse Ringstead Road Choseley Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8PQ
Received 14 Oct 202410 Canada Close Snettisham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7PN
Received 14 Oct 2024Choseley Farmhouse Ringstead Road Choseley Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8PQ
Received 14 Oct 202410 Manor Road Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8GP
Received 14 Oct 2024PRIVATE Car Park Watlington Station Station Road Watlington Norfolk
Received 14 Oct 2024Showroom 49 Bergen Way North Lynn Industrial Estate King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2JG
Received 14 Oct 2024Kings Lynn Athenaeum Blackfriars Street King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 14 Oct 20242 Thoresby College Queen Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1HX
Received 14 Oct 2024Land East of 11 To 37 Elm High Road Emneth Norfolk
Received 14 Oct 20243 New Terrace Cottages Station Road Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LT
Received 15 Oct 2024British Sugar PLC Wissington Sugar Factory College Road Wissington Wereham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE33 9QG
Received 14 Oct 2024Hunstanton Town Council Town Hall 2 The Green Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6BQ
Received 14 Oct 20244 Well Yard Cottages Common Lane Gayton Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1PN
Received 15 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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