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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.
15,136 approved · 2,097 refused · 996 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Green Lane Playing Field Leo Coles Pavilion Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QG
Received 30 Nov 2004182 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LS
Received 19 Aug 201623 Gainsborough Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9RB
Received 3 Oct 201273 Suffield Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7AL
Received 9 Jun 202634 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE NR31 9BE
Received 19 Jul 2007Land off Staithe Road Martham
Received 14 May 20251 Rollesby Gardens Rollesby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 24 Feb 200614 Gedge Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5LR
Received 11 May 2012Land adj to Hilldrop Farmhouse Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AJ
Received 11 Feb 202151 North Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1JE
Received 10 Nov 2016Fleggburgh Primary School Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 3AG
Received 10 Jul 2012Howard Street South Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PT
Received 20 Oct 201116 Reynolds Avenue Caister-on-sea Norfolk NR30 5QD
Received 8 May 20254 West Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RJ
Received 10 Aug 2010Flamingo Amusement Arcade 17 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2ES
Received 7 May 2008Land off Kings Drive and Marjoram Road Bradwell NR31 8TF
Received 30 Mar 202634 Busseys Loke Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 15 May 20084 Campion Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7NB
Received 10 Apr 2023Fairfields Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS
Received 21 Jan 2011Teasel Cottage Main Road B1152 Billockby Fleggburgh NR29 3BQ
Received 7 May 20236 Queen Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2QP
Received 8 Jul 2020Winsford Hall Dairy Unit Filby Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DG
Received 12 Jul 2022Repps Road (Land south of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4RN
Received 7 Jul 2016Decoy Tavern Public House Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9AB
Received 1 Jul 2025Records 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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