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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.
14,409 approved · 2,010 refused · 961 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
S/o 23 Spruce Avenue Ormesby NR29 3RY
Received 1 Jul 202429 The Esplanade Sea Haven Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NZ
Received 21 Jun 202160 Station Road South Tavern PH Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AA
Received 5 Sept 201630 Victoria Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EF
Received 19 Dec 201367 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2EJ
Received 3 Dec 2010Mill Lane Community Centre The Playing Fields Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Sept 20103 Waterloo Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 3AF
Received 10 Aug 200784 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4LW
Received 18 Jan 2013322 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AN
Received 9 Jul 2008Marks and Spencer Unit G Purley Court Gapton Hall Road Norfolk NR31 0NL
Received 1 Oct 201439 St Peters Road GREAT YARMOUTH, Norfolk NR30 3AA
Received 9 Apr 20151B High Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 12 Sept 2007A143 Beccles Road South side of Junction with Primrose Way Bradwell NR31 8PS
Received 28 Jul 20235 Ashwood Close Caister-on-sea NR30 5RF
Received 6 Apr 2026Abels Court Beach Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NL
Received 1 Jun 2023Heath Liveries (Land at) Browston Lane Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DP
Received 26 Sept 201864 Winifred Way Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5PB
Received 8 May 201752 Arundel Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 30 Apr 2008The Coach House High Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PB
Received 11 Jan 2011The Avenues off Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Nov 200275 Victory Avenue (rear of) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9GA
Received 13 Dec 201916 Brooke Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 9 Jun 2009Robin Close (OS 15 Mallard Way) Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JL
Received 2 Nov 2022The Old Bakery 58 Black Street Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PR
Received 26 May 2020Records 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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