Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
19,736 approved · 2,798 refused · 1,207 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grosvenor Garage 188-189 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RP NR31 6RP
Received 27 Jan 200613 Yarmouth Road Caister Kebab and Pizza Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL
Received 24 Aug 2000New Road Sports and Leisure Centre New Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JP
Received 26 Apr 2023Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Nov 20026 Bendish Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Sept 1995Clearance House Beach Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HS
Received 15 May 2017Marjoram Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jul 200214a Beach Road Scratby NR29 3AJ
Received 12 Sept 20247 Bishops Walk Hopton Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 27 Oct 200858 Bells Road Margo's Cafe Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6AG
Received 13 Sept 2016Oak Tree Barn Main Road Clippesby Fleggburgh NR29 3BQ
Received 18 Feb 20257 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 24 May 2004The Great Eastern Public House 155 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth NR30 2HZ
Received 14 May 20257 Cherry Tree Avenue (trees adjacent the highway) Martham NR29 4QP
Received 29 Oct 2025Cobbs Place Garage Area adj. Gordon Terrace/Stanley Terrace Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Mar 199832 Damgate Lane Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4PZ
Received 27 Nov 2007Former Car Park Station Road Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Feb 19954 Holly Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8NN
Received 20 Mar 201922 Marguerite Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RL
Received 15 Apr 201323 South Garden Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Aug 199834 Marine Parade (Former Yesterdays World) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2EN
Received 8 Feb 20164 Cadiz Way Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Apr 200511 Bendish Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EE
Received 30 Nov 2012Hill House West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SY
Received 28 Mar 1995Records 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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