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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.
15,448 approved · 2,132 refused · 1,014 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Nov 2000 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hall Farm, Pipistrelle Barn Beccles Road Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9JQ
Received 1 Jun 2023Ivy House Land at the corner of Addison Rd/Burnt Lane Burnt Lane Great Yarmouth NR31 0PA
Received 9 Feb 2024The Willows Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael NR29 3LZ
Received 14 Feb 2022Hazeldene Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DN
Received 18 Jul 2011Caister Holiday Park Ormesby Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NQ
Received 19 Apr 2021152 King Street (Land to rear of) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PA
Received 16 Mar 201721-22 Apollo Walk GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1QH
Received 20 Dec 20181 St Antonys Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7HQ
Received 11 Mar 201024 Coxswain Read Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AW
Received 7 Mar 2005The Beeches (land at) Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS
Received 23 Jul 20088 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LT
Received 20 Sept 2001Uplands West End Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5ST
Received 16 Apr 2003Land along Rivers Yare and Bure Great Yarmouth
Received 26 May 20266 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 30 Jun 2006Hill House Heath Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HL
Received 28 Mar 2024Laurel Lodge High Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QL
Received 18 Mar 2015Breydon View Market Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9EN
Received 2 Jul 2026Hampden Lodge Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HY
Received 21 Apr 202125 The Mews Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 6 Mar 20072 Bath Hill Terrace Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Jun 2005Next PLC Unit F1, Purley Court Gapton Hall Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NL
Received 18 Oct 201680 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QT
Received 2 Feb 20111 Elmhurst Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6ST
Received 21 Sept 202441 Grange Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5SA NR30 5SA
Received 27 Jun 2016Records 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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