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.
19,804 approved · 2,813 refused · 1,212 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Alpha Road/Common Road Southtown Great Yarmouth (former builders workshop and store)
Received 5 Oct 199826 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JR
Received 28 Mar 201413 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Nov 1995Northgate Street/Rampart Road Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Mar 200016 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Apr 200227 Burgh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BE
Received 6 Dec 201747 Martham Road Denesgate Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Mar 201225 Elm Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Oct 20018 Rowan Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 26 Jun 2006116 Middleton Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7PH
Received 14 Feb 202241 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jun 2004Former College of Art & Design Trafalgar Road / 1 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 22 Sept 200625 South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
Received 1 Jun 2000147 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jul 19952 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2QN NR30 2QN
Received 16 Feb 2006171 Burgh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8AX
Received 24 May 20212 Gournay Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6DZ
Received 28 Jan 202143 California Crescent Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QP
Received 4 Nov 2015Land to front of Cedar Croft Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HR
Received 12 Jan 2010The Quality Plaice Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Dec 1994Reed Cottage Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth
Received 4 May 200637 Willow Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HY
Received 28 Jul 2014147 King Street (rear of) Great Yarmouth NR30 2PA
Received 16 Nov 200486 Middle Market Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2DT
Received 5 Dec 2023Records 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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