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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.
5,902 approved · 758 refused · 610 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2018 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosedene Lynn Road West Rudham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8RN
Received 4 Sept 2026Land Adjacent To 3 Thornham Road Methwold Norfolk
Received 7 Sept 202614 Hythe Road Methwold Thetford Norfolk IP26 4PP
Received 4 Sept 2026Harpley Cottage 25 Nursery Lane South Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3NG
Received 4 Sept 202648 Pentney Lakes Common Road Pentney King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1LE
Received 7 Sept 2026HEACHAM YOUTH & COMMUNITY TRUST LTD CHARITY SHOP 23 High Street Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7EP
Received 7 Sept 2026Bank Cottage Old Roman Bank Terrington St Clement King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4JP
Received 7 Sept 202645 Parkside Snettisham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7QF
Received 7 Sept 202637 Field Road Gaywood King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4BE
Received 7 Sept 202645 Elvington King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4TB
Received 27 Aug 20265 Beech Drift Manor Road Dersingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 6LF
Received 28 Aug 2026The Mousehole Main Road Brancaster KINGS LYNN Norfolk PE31 8AA
Received 28 Aug 20264 Linford Estate Clenchwarton King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 4BA
Received 28 Aug 2026Street Record Main Road Burnham Deepdale Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 2026Telephone Exchange Mill Road Brancaster Norfolk
Received 2 Sept 2026Land East of Hall Cottage Church Road Old Hunstanton Norfolk
Received 7 Sept 2026Land At E567794 N332235 North of Oak Farm The Drift Ingoldisthorpe Norfolk
Received 8 Sept 2026Land Between Bambers Lane And 122 Church Road Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8AF
Received 7 Sept 202632 Westgate Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5AL
Received 8 Sept 2026Mast Telecom The Downs Burnham Deepdale Norfolk
Received 3 Sept 2026Street Record Ratten Row Walpole Highway Norfolk
Received 3 Sept 2026Land South East of 169 Saddlebow Road King's Lynn Norfolk
Received 8 Sept 2026Egremont Station Road Burnham Market King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HA
Received 8 Sept 2026The Toll House Oxborough Road Stoke Ferry King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9SY
Received 8 Sept 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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