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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.
4,906 approved · 672 refused · 515 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
36 Regent Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9TJ
Received 7 Apr 20251 Hall Farm Barns Hill Road Middleton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1RW
Received 7 Apr 2025Land At E575460 N296742 Church Lane Northwold Norfolk
Received 1 Apr 2025Westfields School Road Marshland St James Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8JR
Received 8 Apr 2025Land S of 93 And Between 80 And 94 Lynn Road Terrington St Clement Norfolk
Received 8 Apr 2025Red House 1 Hythe Road Methwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 4PP
Received 8 Apr 2025Dairy Farm 9 Common Close West Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0LB
Received 9 Apr 2025Land Accessed Via 32 And W of 24 To 36 But E of Fairfield Lane Downham Road Watlington Norfolk
Received 9 Apr 2025Mast Telecom Bambers Lane Emneth Norfolk
Received 4 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Rollesby Road Hardwick Industrial Estate King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 7 Apr 2025Mast Telecom The Downs Burnham Deepdale Norfolk
Received 7 Apr 2025Sedgeford First School Ringstead Road Sedgeford Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5NQ
Received 9 Apr 2025Bluestone Farm Thornham Road Ringstead Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5JW
Received 9 Apr 20256 Priory Road Castle Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2AA
Received 9 Apr 2025MG Building Maintenance 136 Norfolk Street King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 9 Apr 202510 Rushmead Close South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3LY
Received 9 Apr 2025The Barn Station Road Clenchwarton KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 4DH
Received 9 Apr 2025126 Bexwell Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9LJ
Received 9 Apr 2025Land At E569534 N321993 NW of Woodside Cliffe En Howe Road Pott Row Norfolk
Received 9 Apr 2025Broad Lane House Broad Lane Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8AU
Received 10 Apr 2025Spring Cottage Fring Road Sedgeford Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5LT
Received 10 Apr 2025Mathews Coaches 50 Westgate Street Shouldham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0BH
Received 10 Apr 20257 Mount Park Close Middleton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1YA
Received 14 Apr 2025Broad Lane House Broad Lane Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8AU
Received 11 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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