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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.
15,363 approved · 2,116 refused · 1,008 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Croft (Adj) Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DR
Received 27 Sept 2022The Inn Keepers cottage within the Fishermans Return public house The Lane Winterton NR29 4BN
Received 8 Oct 202412 Edinburgh Close Caister on Sea NR30 5LU
Received 26 Sept 20147 Groomes Close Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9DG
Received 1 Jun 2010201 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9ER
Received 16 Aug 2004St Nicholas Priory CE VA Primary School St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1NL
Received 10 Mar 20232 Manor Farm Barns Back Lane Martham NR29 4PE
Received 3 Oct 2022Flat B 139 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LA
Received 26 Jan 201162 Hamilton Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4NA
Received 6 Aug 202479 Suffield Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Oct 2001Pine View Beccles Road Fritton NR31 9AB
Received 18 Dec 2025Seaview (adjacent) Bush Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4BY
Received 11 Jan 20112 Bath Hill Terrace Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Sept 20024 Groomes Close Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9DG NR31 9DG
Received 2 Jun 20092 Marlborough Green Crescent Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SX
Received 19 Dec 2002Red Oaks New Road Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HR
Received 11 Sept 20199 St Hughs Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7NG
Received 14 Aug 2008Planet Papadum 5 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2ER
Received 15 Apr 2005Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (kiosk at south of Information Bureau) NR30 2EH
Received 15 Jun 2004Southgates Road EX-Trinity Depot (Now Known as Trinity Quay) Great Yarmouth NR30 3LJ
Received 25 Apr 2012The Vineries Residential Care Home Winterton Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HH
Received 6 Nov 200729 White Clover Road Bradwell NR31 8ST
Received 11 Aug 2022Pink Palace Amusements & Takeaway Rottenstone Lane California Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 16 Jan 2006Pamela's Restaurant Wellington Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3JJ
Received 27 Oct 2022Records 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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