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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.
5,743 approved · 748 refused · 597 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sutton House 33 Back Street South Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9PG
Received 2 Jul 2026Agricultural Building West of 14 Mill Lane Syderstone Norfolk
Received 3 Jul 20265 Smugglers Close Old Hunstanton Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6JU
Received 3 Jul 2026Mulberry Cottage 2 Choseley Road Thornham Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6ND
Received 3 Jul 2026Lords Common Wood Bircham Road Houghton Norfolk
Received 3 Jul 2026Corner Cottage Dalegate Road Burnham Deepdale King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8DG
Received 3 Jul 2026Austin House 15 Austin Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1DZ
Received 3 Jul 2026Austin House 15 Austin Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1DZ
Received 3 Jul 2026Land At E551588 N313309 Mill Lane Walpole Highway Norfolk
Received 3 Jul 20261 The Black Barns Feltwell Road Hockwold cum Wilton Thetford Norfolk IP26 4FA
Received 3 Jul 202666 Elmside Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8BQ
Received 3 Jul 20264 Church Terrace Sedgeford Road Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LJ
Received 6 Jul 2026Land At E575460 N296742 Church Lane Northwold Norfolk
Received 6 Jul 2026The Old Barn 10 West End Northwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 5LE
Received 6 Jul 2026Rainbows End High Street Thornham HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6LX
Received 6 Jul 202620 Glebe Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6QA
Received 6 Jul 202634 All Saints Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5AD
Received 6 Jul 2026Land South of 8 Castle Cottages Thornham Norfolk
Received 6 Jul 202635 Salters Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4HF
Received 6 Jul 2026Manor Farm House Broad Lane Brancaster Norfolk PE31 8AU
Received 3 Jul 2026Buckingham Terrace 70 London Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5EU
Received 6 Jul 2026Buckingham Terrace 70 London Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 5EU
Received 6 Jul 202661 Sluice Road Wiggenhall St Germans King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3ET
Received 7 Jul 2026Dove Workshops Unit 6 To 8 Fairfield Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9ET
Received 6 Jul 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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