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St. Margarets With St. Nicholas planning approval rate

St. Margarets With St. Nicholas ward in King's Lynn & West Norfolk has a 95.9% approval rate based on 146 planning decisions. King's Lynn & West Norfolk overall: 90.6%.

Last updated: September 2026

95.9%
ward approval rate
146
Decisions
140
Approved
6
Refused
90.6%
King's Lynn & West Norfolk average

St. Margarets With St. Nicholas is 5.3 percentage points above the King's Lynn & West Norfolk average, making it one of the more permissive wards in this council area. Applications here have historically faced lower refusal rates.

How St. Margarets With St. Nicholas compares

St. Margarets With St. Nicholas ward (146 decided)
95.9%
King's Lynn & West Norfolk overall (1,980 decided)
90.6%
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Recent decisions in St. Margarets With St. Nicholas

26/01133/LB
Application for Listed Building Consent for conversion of the property into a HM · Tue 08 Sep 2026
Approved
26/01143/F
Proposed Change of Use of second floor and part first floor to 1no. residential · Thu 03 Sep 2026
Approved
26/01132/F
Conversion of the property into a HMO, stud partition walls to the rear of the k · Wed 02 Sep 2026
Approved
26/00099/TREECA
T1 - Willow , Fell to ground levelOutgrown plot now causing damage to fence and · Fri 28 Aug 2026
Approved
26/01050/F
Retrospective: Householder: Front iron gates with and brick pillars · Thu 27 Aug 2026
Approved

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Other wards in King's Lynn & West Norfolk

Brancaster (90.0%) Burnham Market And Docking (95.1%) Upwell And Delph (89.9%) Gayton And Grimston (88.4%) The Woottons (95.2%) Massingham With Castle Acre (95.1%) Heacham (82.8%) Bircham With Rudhams (90.5%) Dersingham (93.2%) Walsoken, West Walton And Walpole (84.5%) Terrington (92.0%)
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