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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.
19,838 approved · 2,821 refused · 1,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Village Burgh St Margaret Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AF
Received 21 Aug 2000Ormesby Manor Main Road Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LN
Received 9 Mar 2015Waters Lane Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 13 Oct 2006The Old Surgery North Market Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4BH
Received 15 Oct 20075 Church Lane (adjacent) Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Apr 199517 Beach Road (land to rear of) Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3AJ
Received 9 Aug 2011Land adjacent to Lowestoft Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RN
Received 8 Apr 2021149 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PA
Received 29 Oct 200943 Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DW
Received 10 Jan 2005Former Two Bears Hotel Pasteur Road GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 30 Oct 2014Land adjacent Shuttleworth Close GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0NQ
Received 16 Feb 202210 Green Lane (adjacent) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Apr 200315 Kingston Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Jul 1996204 The Marrams Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4JN
Received 31 Mar 2005Havenbridge House North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1HZ
Received 7 Oct 2025131 Mill Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0HS
Received 30 Jun 2026Alderman Swindell Primary School Beresford Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4AB
Received 8 Nov 2019Casa Nuestra Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LN
Received 9 Feb 201237 Ormesby Road Oakley Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LA
Received 16 May 200548 Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HH NR31 8HH
Received 3 Sept 201828 Connaught Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LU
Received 1 Sept 2023Endeavour House Swanstons Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NG
Received 8 Jul 2024Rear of 152 King Street fronting Tower Hill Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Jul 2024Grange Farmhouse Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS
Received 29 Aug 2013Records 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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