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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.
5,089 approved · 689 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Ancar Road South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3PS
Received 6 Aug 2025Red House High Street Thornham Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LX
Received 7 Aug 2025The Lodge Well Street Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LQ
Received 4 Aug 202546 Church Street Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5HD
Received 7 Aug 2025Castle Rising Dental Surgery Castle Farm Barn School Road Castle Rising King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6AG
Received 8 Aug 2025The Old Barn The Stables 71 School Road Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9EW
Received 7 Aug 2025Land E of Cromer Road Hunstanton Norfolk
Received 7 Aug 2025The Dial House 12 Railway Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9EB
Received 7 Aug 2025The Paddock Cavenham Road Wereham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9AR
Received 7 Aug 20251 Liege Cottages 14 Basin Road Outwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8TQ
Received 11 Aug 20252 Fuchsia Cottages West Road Shouldham Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0DP
Received 8 Aug 2025Morning Meadows Black Drove Marshland St James Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8JU
Received 8 Aug 202534 Crown Street Methwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 4NR
Received 10 Aug 2025Bank House 15 Bridge Street Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9DW
Received 10 Aug 2025Land SE of The Willows And N of 1 Grays Close Cresswell Street King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 5 Aug 2025Parkfield 127 The Wroe Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8AS
Received 11 Aug 2025Shoreboat Farm Lynn Road Tilney All Saints King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4SD
Received 11 Aug 2025The Ffolkes Arms Hotel Lynn Road Hillington King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6BJ
Received 11 Aug 2025The Old Dairy School Lane Wereham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9AW
Received 11 Aug 20251 Cottage Farm The Street Marham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9JQ
Received 11 Aug 2025130 Wootton Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4BT
Received 13 Aug 2025The Old Nursery 39B Stoke Road Methwold THETFORD Norfolk IP26 4PE
Received 13 Aug 2025Lode Cottage Low Side Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9BB
Received 14 Aug 2025105 Norfolk Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1AQ
Received 15 Aug 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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