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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.
19,715 approved · 2,796 refused · 1,206 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
79 Common Road Kingslivere Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 1NA
Received 23 Nov 2020Pump Lane West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TE
Received 17 Aug 2011Scout Hall Staithe Road Martham NR29 4PY
Received 7 Nov 2022Former Meteorological Site (Land at) North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jul 2012Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Oct 202474/75 Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Dec 1995Land west of Woodfarm Lane (Bluebell Meadow) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Feb 2025Unit D Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0NL NR31 0NL
Received 24 Jan 2006Caister Castle Farm Castle Lane West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Nov 19954 Gilbert Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LW
Received 10 Oct 200359 North Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 12 Jul 2013H J's Diner South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 13 Jan 2009Gorleston Medical Centre Stuart Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BU
Received 29 Sept 200981 Regent Road Regent Road Supermarket Great Yarmouth NR30 2AH
Received 11 May 20103G Base Station at Lowestoft Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 3 Jul 200630 St Julian Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5BZ
Received 4 Aug 2000Unit C1 Purley Court Gapton Hall Retail Park GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NL
Received 21 Jul 202126 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NA
Received 26 Jun 200031 Rollesby Road Martham NR29 4SW
Received 24 Jun 2025Ivy House Burnt Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PG
Received 29 May 201913A High Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Aug 199622 Rosedale Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PN
Received 14 Aug 20005 Caister Road The Lord Roberts Great Yarmouth NR30 4DA
Received 13 May 201437 Fakes Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JL
Received 10 Apr 2012Records 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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