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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.
19,751 approved · 2,803 refused · 1,209 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 1994 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
211 Gapton Hall Road (rear of) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jul 199512 St Nicholas Court Bradwell NR31 8SH
Received 22 Oct 2025Ormesby Water Treatment Works Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Mar 200211 Paddock Close Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NT
Received 16 Aug 2004Decoy Tavern Public House Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9AB
Received 1 Jul 2025Telecommunications Site Pump Lane Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5TE
Received 20 Aug 2020Land at Heath Liveries Browston Lane Browston NR31 9DP
Received 23 Jul 2023Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth (adjacent Multicourt Pitch)
Received 26 Oct 1999Land West of The Manor House Browston Lane Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DP
Received 28 Oct 202165 Blackfriars Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3BZ
Received 29 Mar 2005125 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RE
Received 14 Apr 20002 Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ
Received 30 Sept 2002Land to the rear of Hill Cottages Lound Road Browston NR31 9DS
Received 31 Jan 20251 Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 26 May 2004244 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Feb 1996South Denes Road Great Yarmouth
Received 16 May 199710 Mill View Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3ND
Received 10 Mar 2011Boiler house laundry store Charter Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LD
Received 15 Dec 2022Breydon Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0AJ
Received 15 Aug 2011Substation, Gorleston Lane off Woodfarm Lane Bradwell Norfolk NR31 9AF
Received 9 Sept 202514 Crown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2JN
Received 26 Feb 201963 Beach Drive Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NP
Received 23 Mar 2004146 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QZ
Received 11 Jun 201460-65 Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2HL
Received 27 Sept 2016Records 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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