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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.
5,579 approved · 732 refused · 581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Norfolk Ivy 18 - 20 Wootton Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4EX
Received 8 May 202613 Pippin Gardens Walsoken WISBECH Norfolk PE13 3XD
Received 8 May 2026Whitehouse Farmhouse Brickley Lane Ingoldisthorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6PF
Received 14 May 2026Mill Wood House Herrings Lane Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DW
Received 13 May 2026Forget Me Not Station Road Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LT
Received 13 May 2026MORRISONS Service Station 40 Elm High Road Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 0DQ
Received 13 May 20265 Sandy Lane Denver Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0EB
Received 13 May 2026Wheat Cottage 113 Sluice Road Denver Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0EG
Received 14 May 202622 Paynes Lane Feltwell Thetford Norfolk IP26 4BA
Received 14 May 202646 Old Lynn Road Wisbech Cambridgshire PE14 7AJ
Received 8 May 2026Site At (Former) Fosters Sports Ground Main Road Clenchwarton Norfolk PE34 4BP
Received 14 May 2026Land Between 30 And 32 West Winch Road West Winch Norfolk
Received 14 May 2026Church Farm Docking Road Fring KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 6SE
Received 14 May 2026Tesco Express 5 Lynn Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7HU
Received 14 May 2026Waterman Newsagent 1 St Marys Street Feltwell Thetford Norfolk IP26 4AQ
Received 14 May 2026Street Record Magdalen Road Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk
Received 11 May 202698 Smeeth Road Marshland St James WISBECH Norfolk PE14 8JF
Received 11 May 2026Street Record St Johns Road Tilney St Lawrence Norfolk
Received 12 May 2026Bag End Walsingham Road Burnham Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HN
Received 11 May 2026Hall Farm Boughton Long Road Barton Bendish Norfolk
Received 15 May 202615 Lincoln Street Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6AS
Received 15 May 20266 Saturday Market Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DQ
Received 15 May 20266 Saturday Market Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DQ
Received 15 May 20266 Saturday Market Place King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DQ
Received 15 May 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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