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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.
19,599 approved · 2,776 refused · 1,200 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
11 Maple Close Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SE
Received 12 Jul 2004High Road Filling Station Repps with Bastwick GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5JH
Received 27 Mar 2017134-136 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6QX
Received 21 Feb 2014Fen Cottage Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JS
Received 8 Jun 2004Eddie Thonpson Butchers 18-19 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 26 Jan 20073 St Georges Plain Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PH
Received 17 May 201139 Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Apr 1997St Georges First School St Peters Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 12 Dec 2006172 Burgh Road Bradwell NR31 9ER
Received 3 Feb 2025Land to the north of 20 Kestrel Close Bradwell NR31 8QS
Received 9 May 2026Land north of Scratby Road Scratby
Received 15 Mar 2024Morton Peto Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR30 0LT
Received 15 Apr 19973 York Villa Close Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Apr 2001O/s 11 Waunci Crescent & O/s 7 Youell Avenue Gorleston
Received 23 Jan 2024Belton Old Hall 14 Station Road South Belton with Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JG
Received 24 Apr 202324 Youell Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HT
Received 13 Nov 2014St Olaves Service Station Beccles Road St Olaves NR31 9HD
Received 2 Sept 2025111 Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NW
Received 10 Sept 2008Great Yarmouth Stadium Yarmouth Road West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Sept 199753 Kings Drive (Plot 56) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SP
Received 23 Oct 2014York Villa/Wells Cottages r/o off Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 15 May 1995120 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Plot adjacent to)
Received 28 Aug 19965 Thurne Rise Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Apr 1997James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Flats 4 and 6 Block 10)
Received 28 Feb 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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