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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.
5,101 approved · 691 refused · 543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dragonfly Cottage Broomsthorpe Road East Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RG
Received 29 Aug 2025The Old School House 5 Weasenham Road Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2EY
Received 29 Aug 2025The Priory 17 Church Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5EB
Received 29 Aug 2025Old Cottage Back Lane South Creake FAKENHAM Norfolk NR21 9PR
Received 29 Aug 2025The Cottage School Road East Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RF
Received 29 Aug 2025Valentine Grimston Road Gayton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1QA
Received 1 Sept 202549 Greevegate Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6AF
Received 1 Sept 2025Street Record Gayton Avenue Upper Marham Norfolk
Received 29 Aug 2025Flat At 22 High Street Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5AF
Received 1 Sept 20254 Sandringham Grove Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6GA
Received 1 Sept 20252 Sandringham Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6LL
Received 2 Sept 2025Deer Park East of St Thomas Lane Snettisham Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 2025Tudor Lodge Church Road Wereham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9AP
Received 2 Sept 2025Land E560093 N301051 W of East Hall Farm Sluice Road Denver Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 2025Arwyn 13 Ashside Syderstone King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RZ
Received 2 Sept 2025Land At Heacham Manor E567837 N338621 Hunstanton Road Heacham Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 2025Land To South of The Poplars Lynn Road Walton Highway Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 202524 School Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7DQ
Received 2 Sept 2025140 School Road Terrington St John Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7SG
Received 2 Sept 20259 Ely Road Hilgay Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0JW
Received 2 Sept 2025Guildhall of St George 1 St Georges Courtyard King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1EU
Received 2 Sept 2025Land At E550076 N311942 Common Road South Walton Highway Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 2025Town Hall Bridge Street Downham Market Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 2025Green End 1 North Street Castle Acre KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE32 2BA
Received 2 Sept 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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