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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.
19,551 approved · 2,765 refused · 1,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Poplar Avenue (Land adjacent) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7PW
Received 4 Aug 202116 Market Row GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1PB
Received 25 Jan 201943a High Street Spic and Span Cleaners Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Nov 1995Land at Middleton Gardens Magdalen Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 7AE
Received 8 Nov 202310 Keppel Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6SN
Received 8 Feb 2019Meadow Way (Land at) Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 15 Jan 201847 Common Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Apr 199534 Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LA NR29 4LA
Received 2 Dec 2010Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Sept 200414 Whimbrel Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Dec 200279-80 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DJ
Received 31 Jan 20081 Ravelin House St Peters Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 2PZ
Received 27 Feb 20262 Cadiz Way Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Jun 2005Reed Cottage Ashby Road Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5JT
Received 25 Mar 200467 Long Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 12 May 200363 Bradwell Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HE
Received 20 Jun 20085 Diana Way Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Jan 2001Dole Poultry Farm near Stanmaur Doles Lane Bradwell NR31 9DZ
Received 10 Dec 2024The Manor House Browston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 9DP
Received 6 Aug 20072 Watermeadow Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Mar 200358 North Quay St Johns Head Public House GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1JB
Received 6 Aug 202136 Orwell Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9NZ NR31 9NZ
Received 15 Oct 200747 Northgate Street (Pet Food Paradise) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1BJ
Received 6 Feb 201959 Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AN
Received 7 Apr 2025Records 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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