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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.
15,277 approved · 2,108 refused · 1,003 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4PT NR29 4PT
Received 28 Feb 2006Riverside Road (Wilson Supply International UK Limited) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PX
Received 29 Mar 201725 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HG
Received 10 Jun 201021 Blake Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LT NR30 4LT
Received 3 Mar 202260 Winifred Way Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5PB
Received 4 Nov 20221A Alderson Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 23 Jun 2006Eclipse, 6A Cliff Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JY
Received 7 Jul 2014New House ( Plot 1) Tretts Lane Fleggburgh NR29 3AT
Received 29 Jun 2020Wellington Road/Marine Passage Great Yarmouth (rear of 13/14 Marine Parade)
Received 15 Oct 2003Pertwee and Back Ltd Gapton Hall Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 ONJ
Received 3 Jun 200420 Duncan Road Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Jun 200172 North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1JF
Received 10 Sept 2003The Sands Amusement Arcade Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Jun 2008Steeple View Wishing Well off Bulmer Lane Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Jun 200425 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 28 Apr 2015Casa Nuestra Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LN
Received 25 Apr 2008North Drive Esplanade (adj to North Drive Car Park) North Drive GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1EQ
Received 13 May 202254 Blackwall Reach Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Apr 2006Ormesby Cottage Main Road Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LN
Received 2 Jun 2015Land off Thamesfield Way Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED
Received 31 Mar 202541 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR 29 3QE NR29 3QE
Received 15 Jul 20109-11 Victoria Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6EL
Received 20 Aug 201999 Pier Plain Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6PG
Received 4 Feb 201341 Staithe Road (rear of) Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PY
Received 23 Oct 2003Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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