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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.
13,897 approved · 1,965 refused · 945 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Oct 2002 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Magdalen Hardware 83 Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7AA NR31 7AA
Received 21 Jun 2007Browston Hall Browston Green Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DW
Received 20 May 2019Fleur-De-Lis Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HS
Received 11 May 20124 Headington Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DN
Received 4 Oct 201911 South Garden Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TL NR31 6TL
Received 6 Mar 2007Evergreen The Holway Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jun 2004Paddock House Warren Road Hopton-on-Sea Gt Yarmouth NR31 6JT
Received 18 Dec 2025Peggottys Public House 1 Pier Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DA
Received 24 Mar 2016Repps Road (land south of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 3 Aug 202160 Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HN
Received 9 Nov 2016Burghwell Lodge Market Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EN
Received 30 Aug 2021Glebe Cottage West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SY
Received 18 Jan 2013The Old Bonds Deneside Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Nov 200494 Upper Cliff Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6AL
Received 5 Jan 2022Surma House The Conge Great Yarmouth NR30 1PJ
Received 1 Feb 2023162 King Street Peggottys Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Feb 2004Units 13 & 14 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Jan 200333 Rollesby Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SW
Received 2 Apr 201311 Framlingham Close Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0DR
Received 14 Jul 2003Linfords Staithe Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5JU
Received 14 Jun 2017Hoblands Barns (adjacent) Hobland Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9AR
Received 27 May 2004Cliff Park First School Orde Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SZ
Received 9 Mar 20051 St Margarets Way Walnut Corner Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3DN
Received 3 Feb 2004Hall Farm Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JB
Received 31 Jan 2014Records 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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