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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.
4,889 approved · 671 refused · 514 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land S of Millcroft House West Drove North Walpole St Peter Norfolk
Received 31 Mar 2025Braemore Lynn Road East Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1NP
Received 31 Mar 2025The Ffolkes Arms Hotel Lynn Road Hillington King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6BJ
Received 31 Mar 2025Barrow Hill Barn 40 Common Lane Brancaster Staithe KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8BL
Received 31 Mar 2025Land S 51 And NE of Road Junction With Sandy Lane Burrettgate Road Walsoken Norfolk
Received 31 Mar 2025Park View Heacham Road Sedgeford Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5LU
Received 31 Mar 2025Skylark Sandy Lane Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8NF
Received 31 Mar 2025Ivy House West Drove South Walpole Highway Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7RA
Received 31 Mar 2025Northfield House 78 Lynn Road Southery Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0HT
Received 31 Mar 20251 Queens Gardens Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6HD
Received 31 Mar 20258 Market Place Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DG
Received 31 Mar 2025Thornham Village Hall And Sports Pavilion High Street Thornham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE36 6LX
Received 31 Mar 2025The Old Rectory 81 Church Street North Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9JJ
Received 31 Mar 2025Land South of Chapel Lane Ringstead HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 5JY
Received 26 Mar 2025Land At E557046 N303490 Between 135 And 147 The Drove Barroway Drove Norfolk
Received 27 Mar 20256 - 8 St Edmunds Terrace Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5EH
Received 1 Apr 2025Ravago Building Solutions UK Ltd Estuary Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2HJ
Received 1 Apr 2025Constantia River Road West Walton Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7EX
Received 1 Apr 2025Grapevine Gallery St Andrews Cottage Overy Road Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HH
Received 1 Apr 202518 Linnet Drive Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2WG
Received 27 Mar 2025Hill Cottage The Hill Fincham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9EW
Received 31 Mar 20252 Jubilee Avenue Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7AT
Received 31 Mar 2025Kia Ora Main Road Brancaster Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8BP
Received 2 Apr 2025Land At E554006 N311510 Chapel Road Tilney Fen End Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk
Received 2 Apr 2025Records 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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