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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.
15,346 approved · 2,113 refused · 1,008 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jan 2001 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Clover Way (Land at) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RH
Received 14 Apr 201521 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3NH
Received 14 Jun 2002Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (off Britannia Road)
Received 26 May 20046 Cotman Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9RE
Received 12 Dec 2012Regent Road GY (Sites GY09/GY10/GY60/GY31) Hall Quay GY (Site GY28)
Received 5 Mar 20021 Hickory Gardens Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8NH
Received 28 May 2021High Beeches Beech Rise Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NU
Received 17 Jul 2013Narrowgate House Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HQ NR29 5HQ
Received 3 Jan 200741 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NS
Received 2 Sept 20145 Carter Close Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5NT
Received 13 Jul 2010Whitegate, 3 Winterton Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HH
Received 21 Mar 20231A Saxon Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2HX
Received 12 Jan 202636 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HL
Received 25 Jun 20146 Sycamore Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8NE
Received 5 Jun 2015Hall Farm Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PD
Received 31 Oct 2023167 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PA
Received 8 Jul 2013Fourwinds 79 Ormesby Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5QB
Received 22 Apr 2014Warehouse Unit G, The Conge Great Yarmouth NR30 1JN
Received 26 Aug 2025163 Stafford Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0ES
Received 13 Jan 202118 West Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Apr 200149 Victoria Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EA
Received 12 Apr 201373 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QS
Received 31 Aug 2026Palace Bingo Club Church Plain Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 30 Jul 2007St Mary The Virgin Church Black Street Martham NR29 4PR
Received 8 Mar 2024Records 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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