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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.
5,166 approved · 694 refused · 546 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 75 And 77 High Road Tilney cum Islington Norfolk
Received 18 Feb 202633 All Saints Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AD
Received 18 Feb 2026West Heath Barn Lynn Lane Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2HL
Received 19 Feb 202616 Robin Kerkham Way Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4BB
Received 17 Feb 2026Land West of Three Ways Gayton Road East Winch King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 19 Feb 2026Barn N of Hillcrest Rudham Road Harpley Norfolk
Received 19 Feb 2026Land To The Rear/side of 12 And 25 Orchard Gardens Upwell Norfolk
Received 19 Feb 202623 Sandringham Avenue Docking KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8QH
Received 19 Feb 2026108 Foxes Meadow Castle Acre King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2AT
Received 18 Feb 20263 Castle Close King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3EP
Received 20 Feb 2026Garden Force Centre County Farm Leicester Road South Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9PW
Received 20 Feb 2026Development Site W of South Wootton School Off Edward Benefer Way King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 20 Feb 2026The Lighthouse Lighthouse Close Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6EL
Received 20 Feb 202636 Church Street North Creake Norfolk
Received 23 Feb 202622 Kings Road Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6ES
Received 23 Feb 202616 Hawthorn Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9PN
Received 23 Feb 2026Barn N of Vong Farm Vong Lane Pott Row Norfolk
Received 23 Feb 2026Meadow View 40 Sutton Estate Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8EX
Received 19 Feb 202618 King George V Avenue King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2QF
Received 19 Feb 2026Pentney Lakes Common Road Pentney Norfolk
Received 20 Feb 2026Mast Telecom Priory Road Downham Market Norfolk
Received 20 Feb 2026Agricultural Buildings At Cross Keys Nursery Little Holme Road Walpole Cross Keys Norfolk
Received 23 Feb 2026Marsh Gate 4 Norton Street Burnham Norton King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DR
Received 23 Feb 2026Land Rear of 31 Chequers Road Pott Row Norfolk
Received 23 Feb 2026Records 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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