Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,955 approved · 679 refused · 523 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heacham Social Club 13 Station Road Heacham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7HG
Received 6 May 202517 Norfolk Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1AN
Received 6 May 2025East End Farm 15 Docking Road Ringstead Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5LA
Received 8 May 2025Barn W of Faulkner House West Drove North Walton Highway Norfolk
Received 8 May 2025Great Massingham Village Hall Station Road Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2HU
Received 9 May 2025Martins Farm Station Road Ten Mile Bank Norfolk
Received 12 May 2025Ivy House West Drove South Walpole Highway Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7RA
Received 9 May 202528 West Hall Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6JF
Received 9 May 2025Stock Down Farm Stow Road Outwell Norfolk
Received 9 May 2025The Manor House 52 High Street Northwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 5LA
Received 12 May 2025Bridge House Waterworks Road Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6JE
Received 12 May 2025Street Record Love Lane Outwell Norfolk
Received 9 May 20258 Market Place Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DG
Received 12 May 2025Former North Lynn Community Centre Lawrence Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2DW
Received 12 May 2025Land West of Knights Hill Village Grimston Road South Wootton Norfolk
Received 12 May 2025Bevian 121 Church Drove Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8RP
Received 12 May 2025Bevian 121 Church Drove Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8RP
Received 12 May 2025Chapel House 82 Anmer Road Flitcham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6BS
Received 12 May 2025High House 29 Castle Rising Road South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3HP
Received 12 May 2025Mansfield House 14 Sandringham Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6LL
Received 12 May 2025The Old Stables Broad Lane Brancaster King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8AU
Received 13 May 2025Arch House 12 Bailey Street Castle Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2AG
Received 13 May 2025Elmfield Drive Emneth Norfolk
Received 9 May 2025Land And Building South of Glovers Farm Fring Road Sedgeford Norfolk
Received 13 May 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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