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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 Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,487 approved · 2,746 refused · 1,196 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Apr 1995 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 45 Longs Industrial Estate Englands Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BE
Received 25 Jul 2002Bracora Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE
Received 18 Feb 200916 Lacon Road Caister on sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5EU
Received 20 Jan 202361 Beatty Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4BJ
Received 29 Jun 202057 Seaview Rise Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Nov 2001Cliff Park Farmhouse Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JN
Received 11 Dec 199715 Queen Annes Road Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jul 200458 Bells Road Margo's Lounge Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6AG
Received 23 Oct 2015Long Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth (Plot 1 off)
Received 5 Oct 20015 Wensum Way Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NY
Received 26 Apr 200433 York Road Great Yarmouth (rear building) NR30 2ND
Received 4 Oct 199946 Queens Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3JR
Received 15 Jun 2026Breckland Priory Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth
Received 24 May 2001Fishers Opening Yarmouth Meat Traders Ltd Great Yarmouth NR30 2EY
Received 29 Jan 2014204 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1DB
Received 30 Nov 2007155/156 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BY
Received 7 Jul 2009The Tramway Public House 1 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SG
Received 17 May 202446 Queens Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3JR
Received 14 Jun 2018Land adj to 22 Victory Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9GA
Received 24 Jan 20241 Danby Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Aug 1999Former Claydon School (Land at) Beccles Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 24 Jun 201918 Lincoln Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7NL NR31 7NL
Received 7 Mar 2016311 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JW
Received 23 Apr 2019Summerfield House Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Oct 2007Records 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 Great Yarmouth Borough Council, 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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