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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.
4,961 approved · 679 refused · 525 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Church Lane Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7HJ
Received 13 May 202511 Cloughs Farm Hythe Road Methwold THETFORD Norfolk IP26 4PP
Received 13 May 2025Greenacre 63 Sandygate Lane Terrington St Clement King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4JZ
Received 13 May 202521 High Street Castle Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2BQ
Received 13 May 2025Lifeboat Caravan Site Ship Lane Thornham Norfolk
Received 13 May 2025The Lifeboat Inn Ship Lane Thornham Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LT
Received 13 May 202519 Nightingale Walk Denver Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0DS
Received 13 May 2025Royal Retiring Rooms The Royal Station Station Road Wolferton KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 6HA
Received 13 May 2025Mount Pleasant Farm 25 Lamsey Lane Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7LE
Received 14 May 2025The Palms 73B Howdale Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AH
Received 12 May 2025Royal Retiring Rooms The Royal Station Station Road Wolferton KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 6HA
Received 14 May 2025Four Score Farm Cock Fen Road Lakes End Norfolk
Received 15 May 202514 St Edmunds Lane Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LE
Received 14 May 2025Wood Farm Keepers Lane Congham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1DX
Received 14 May 2025Four Winds 50 Brow of The Hill Leziate King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1EN
Received 14 May 20252 Elmside Emneth WISBECH Norfolk PE14 8BH
Received 14 May 2025Plot 1 Waterworks Road Old Hunstanton HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6JE
Received 15 May 2025Plot 2 Waterworks Road Old Hunstanton HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6JE
Received 15 May 2025Hunstanton Bus Station St Edmunds Terrace Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5AL
Received 16 May 2025Russen & Turner 17A High Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1BP
Received 15 May 2025Barn N of Vong Farm Vong Lane Pott Row Norfolk
Received 15 May 2025Hardwick House Oldmedow Road Hardwick Industrial Estate King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4JJ
Received 15 May 2025Land At Sculthorpe Boulevard Tattersett Business Park Tattersett Fakenham Norfolk
Received 12 May 2025Mast Telecom Folly Hill Sandringham Norfolk
Received 15 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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