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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.
19,681 approved · 2,794 refused · 1,206 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Royal Avenue Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jun 1995Clere House Pippin Close Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RW
Received 17 Feb 201674 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Nov 2002249 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JJ
Received 10 May 2018Lynn Grove VA High School Lynn Grove Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP
Received 20 Jul 2000Former Estcourt Hospital Ashley Cooper Place Northgate Great Yarmouth NR30 4DN
Received 21 Mar 20255 Leathway Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QA
Received 19 May 201666a Riverside Repps Great Yarmouth
Received 24 May 20045 Row 48 Great Yarmouth
Received 7 May 199762 Century Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0BX
Received 13 Mar 2014Railway Tavern Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Oct 20026 Humber Keel Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TH
Received 27 May 202517 Sandpiper Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JE
Received 24 Apr 2015Tollgate Court GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JU
Received 20 Sept 201725/26 Hall Quay/ 19/20 Regent Street Great Yarmouth (former BT Tele Exch and PO)
Received 28 Sept 200169 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PG
Received 25 Aug 200415 Wren Drive Bradwell NR31 8JW
Received 21 Jul 2022Flintstones 15 Beach Road Hopton-On-Sea NR31 9SQ
Received 13 Jul 2020Cliff Hotel Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DH
Received 19 Sept 20111 Priory Road St Olaves Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9HQ
Received 6 Sept 2023St Augustines Place Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PA
Received 16 Nov 20212 Barnard Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4DS
Received 16 Mar 202010 St Clement Mews Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Oct 2002John Grant Playing Field Caister Great Yarmouth (footpath leading to)
Received 26 Jun 1996Records 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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