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.
14,635 approved · 2,043 refused · 970 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Second Avenue Caister-on-sea NR30 5NW
Received 22 Apr 2026Caister Bowls Club off Kingston Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5HS
Received 22 Jul 2024Land off Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 17 Feb 2006Mayfield Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Dec 20041 Gresham Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7DY
Received 28 Feb 201177 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AJ
Received 19 Mar 2009Co-op Travel Store Market Place Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 7NX
Received 6 Aug 2007Caister Lifeboat Station Skippers Walk Caister-on-sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DJ
Received 2 Apr 202325 Station Road South Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9JG
Received 5 Jan 2021Land off Staithe Road Martham
Received 14 May 202521 The Mews Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TW
Received 24 Dec 2010Galbraith & Glenross Church Lane Clippesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BL
Received 19 Apr 201820 Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QH
Received 6 Mar 2002Tesco Store Pasteur Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31
Received 15 Feb 201010 Lumsden Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8TB
Received 16 Mar 202210 The Fairway Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Hopton Parish)
Received 22 Nov 20049 Beaconsfield Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4JP
Received 17 Nov 201128 Anglian Way Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9DB
Received 9 Mar 20122 Turner Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RF
Received 2 Mar 202128 Silver Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PD
Received 16 Jul 20269 Marine Crescent Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4ER
Received 3 Jan 2023105 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 18 Apr 2006Thurne Dyke River Thurne Thurne Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Jan 20022 Maple Close Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4SE NR29 4SE
Received 3 Nov 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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