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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.
6,022 approved · 761 refused · 617 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
15A Austin Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1DZ
Received 12 Oct 2026Windrush Middle Road Shouldham Thorpe King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 0EE
Received 12 Oct 20268 Back Street South Creake Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9PG
Received 12 Oct 2026Abbey Field Farm Poultry Unit Abbey Road Pentney Norfolk PE32 1JT
Received 8 Oct 2026Mast Telecom Station Road Dersingham Norfolk
Received 8 Oct 20263 Hollycroft Close Emneth Wisbech Norfolk PE14 8BL
Received 9 Oct 2026Land Accessed Between 144 And 150 Grimston Road Grimston Road South Wootton Norfolk
Received 9 Oct 2026Manor Farm House 57 Burnham Road South Creake FAKENHAM Norfolk NR21 9JG
Received 12 Oct 2026Manor Farm House 57 Burnham Road South Creake FAKENHAM Norfolk NR21 9JG
Received 12 Oct 2026Harrington Nurseries Burrettgate Road Walsoken Norfolk
Received 12 Oct 2026Fairway Cottage Station Road Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8LS
Received 12 Oct 2026Tanglewood House High Street Thornham HUNSTANTON Norfolk PE36 6LX
Received 13 Oct 2026Alexanders Thornham Road Holme next The Sea Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LR
Received 13 Oct 202638 Station Road Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2HW
Received 13 Oct 2026Pinfold The Green North Wootton King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 3RD
Received 15 Oct 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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