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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.
5,709 approved · 744 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Agricultural Barn At Duncans Nursery Lynn Road Tilney All Saints Norfolk
Received 24 Jun 2026Palm Paper Poplar Avenue King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3AL
Received 24 Jun 2026C V C UK Ltd Westfield Business Park Lynn Road Tilney All Saints KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE34 4RT
Received 24 Jun 2026Mary-Lyn 9 Burnham Road Ringstead Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5LB
Received 24 Jun 2026Manor Farm Main Road Titchwell Norfolk
Received 24 Jun 2026Allens Garage Lynn Road Gayton King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1QJ
Received 25 Jun 2026Walnut House 36 Small Lode Upwell Wisbech Norfolk PE14 9BE
Received 24 Jun 2026STREET RECORD Deers Row South Wootton Norfolk
Received 22 Jun 2026Townsend Farm Middle Drove Marshland St James Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8JT
Received 25 Jun 202639 South Everard Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5HJ
Received 25 Jun 2026Castle Acre Priory Priory Road Castle Acre KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE32 2AA
Received 25 Jun 2026Land North of 37 And 39 Manor Road Dersingham Norfolk
Received 25 Jun 2026Land N of 4 Walton Road Marshland St James Norfolk
Received 25 Jun 2026Land N of 4 Walton Road Marshland St James Norfolk
Received 25 Jun 2026Town Farm Fincham Road Wereham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9AB
Received 26 Jun 2026Stoke Ferry Timber Ltd Boughton Road North Stoke Ferry KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE33 9BF
Received 26 Jun 202624 Collins Lane Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7DZ
Received 26 Jun 2026Land N of 4 Walton Road Marshland St James Norfolk
Received 26 Jun 2026Bardolph House Cuckoo Road Stow Bridge King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3NY
Received 26 Jun 202626 All Saints Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AD
Received 29 Jun 2026Fairfield House 15 Howdale Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9AB
Received 28 Jun 2026Land Northeast of Bronte House Lynn Road Walsoken Norfolk
Received 29 Jun 2026Land S of 201 The Drove Barroway Drove Norfolk
Received 29 Jun 2026Land Between 85 And 97 Ladys Drove Emneth Norfolk
Received 29 Jun 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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