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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.
5,674 approved · 741 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Home Farm House 40 Westgate Holme next The Sea Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LF
Received 16 Jun 202617 Oak View Drive Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9PB
Received 16 Jun 2026Nightingale Lodge Nightingale Lane Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9BG
Received 16 Jun 2026Broadview 106 Sutton Road Terrington St Clement King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4PJ
Received 16 Jun 2026Orchard Bungalow Fakenham Road Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8NW
Received 16 Jun 2026Thurlow Cottage 16 Eastgate Holme next The Sea Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LL
Received 17 Jun 202620 The Birches South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3JG
Received 17 Jun 2026Church Farm Cottage Lynn Road Bawsey KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE32 1EU
Received 17 Jun 2026Land At E549215 N318554 Follens Road Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 18 Jun 2026Hamara Fen Road Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 3DB
Received 16 Jun 2026Snettisham Memorial Village Hall 10 Old Church Road Snettisham KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 7LX
Received 17 Jun 2026High House Trinity Road Walpole Highway Wisbech Norfolk PE14 7SN
Received 16 Jun 2026Saltmarsh Cross Lane Brancaster KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8AE
Received 18 Jun 2026Towergate Insurance Brokers 31A St James Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5DJ
Received 18 Jun 2026Westhall Farm Lynn Road Middleton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1RH
Received 18 Jun 2026KGB Transport 44 St Johns Road Tilney St Lawrence King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4QJ
Received 19 Jun 2026Threeways 77 Wanton Lane Terrington St Clement King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4NP
Received 19 Jun 2026Land At E557214 N303707 NE of 119 The Drove Barroway Drove Norfolk
Received 17 Jun 2026Land At Congham Road Grimston King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1DW
Received 17 Jun 2026Land At E574367 N329328 Main Road Anmer Norfolk
Received 17 Jun 2026Front of 61 Station Road Roydon King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1AW
Received 17 Jun 2026Land Opposite Walpole Sub Station Walpole Bank Walpole St Andrew Norfolk
Received 19 Jun 202678 Wootton Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4BS
Received 19 Jun 202614 Eastgate Holme next The Sea Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LL
Received 19 Jun 2026Records 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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