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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.
15,158 approved · 2,098 refused · 996 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 and 11 Norwich Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JW
Received 25 Oct 2017Mill Road / Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 5 Dec 200523 Park View Avenue Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DZ
Received 23 Apr 2008Cobblers Cottage 19 The Green Martham NR29 4PL
Received 12 May 2023James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA
Received 24 Sept 201212 Kingston Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5ET
Received 28 Apr 2004Site off Thamesfield Way South of Pasteur Retail Park Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0DN
Received 19 Mar 2024The Prom Hotel 77 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2DH
Received 3 Sept 20098 Barnard Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth (South Gorleston Dev Area)
Received 6 Jan 2005Mill Road (Land off) Stokesby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 23 Jun 2006Peterhouse First School Peterhouse Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PZ
Received 20 Jul 2012Wood View Hall Road Hopton NR31 9BB
Received 14 Jul 2024Former Moores Builders Site Great Yarmouth College Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED
Received 20 Apr 20054 Winchester Villas (Land adj) Farman Close Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Jul 2013Manor House Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Aug 200514 Bluebell Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8UT
Received 11 Jun 2003224 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7ED NR31 7ED
Received 26 Feb 20165 Kent Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7LX
Received 14 Jan 2022Crab Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8HF
Received 4 Apr 202239 North Drive Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Feb 2003Lichfield Arms Public House 116 Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 19 Mar 200739 Ormesby Road Longshores Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LA
Received 12 Jun 201954B Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2HL
Received 28 Jan 202114-18 Lower Esplanade Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6BT
Received 10 Jan 2023Records 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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