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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.
14,248 approved · 1,999 refused · 954 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9BW
Received 14 Apr 2025Covent Garden Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Feb 200330 Whinchat Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SD
Received 28 Sept 201610 Kent Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7LX NR31 7LX
Received 27 Jan 2017The Grove 5 Pier Plain Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Dec 2009Burgh Castle Nursery Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS
Received 11 Oct 2004Hall View Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DU NR29 5DU
Received 11 Feb 20091-4 Garden Court Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HH
Received 20 Jan 20122 Cumby Way Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth (Plot 92 Trafalgar Grange)
Received 8 Nov 2005Land off Guinevere Road Gorleston-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 7RA
Received 17 Feb 2025103 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PU
Received 11 Mar 200415 Townlands Off Burgh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BQ
Received 7 Jun 2022173 Southtown Road (land adjacent 2 Queen Anne's Road) Great Yarmouth NR31 0LA
Received 13 Nov 2025Buttonwick Mautby Lane Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3EJ NR29 3EJ
Received 12 Sept 200540 Belstead Avenue Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BB
Received 23 Mar 201548 High Street Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EH
Received 18 Apr 20195 Cooper Close Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EN
Received 18 Mar 201919 Yarmouth Road Woodlands Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QB
Received 1 Jul 20034 Rectory Close Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HW
Received 23 Feb 201718 Buxton Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HG NR31 6HG
Received 18 Mar 201635 Bridge Meadow Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NE
Received 7 Feb 200515 Warren Road (Parish of Hopton) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JT
Received 18 Sept 2018Nr Cherry Cottage & Nr Summerfield House Tower Road Fleggburgh NR29 3AU
Received 5 Aug 202513 The Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4ER NR29 4ER
Received 14 Feb 2006Records 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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