Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
15,496 approved · 2,138 refused · 1,014 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Homefield Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8NW
Received 22 Jun 2017Cliff Park High School Kennedy Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TA
Received 21 Oct 2003Near Church, Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AG
Received 20 Oct 20131 Broad Cottages Main Road Rollesby NR29 5EF
Received 21 Nov 2022Foxholme Four Acres Estate Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JB
Received 27 Oct 2003Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Aug 2004Longacre 37 Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HH
Received 15 Jun 202112 Watsons Close Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BJ
Received 13 Jun 2002Philmar Lodge (site adjacent to) Ormesby Lane Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HX
Received 6 Jul 202033 Ormesby Road (Land to rear off) Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 10 Aug 2007The Firs 29 Private Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LH
Received 28 Oct 202140-43 St Peters Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3AA
Received 17 Aug 202133 Repps Road Martham NR29 4TH
Received 10 Jun 2025Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (The Esplanade Walk adjacent to Sealife Gardens)
Received 30 Sept 2003Woodland Lodge The Loke (off Station Road North) Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9WH
Received 11 Aug 201514 Victoria Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3BA
Received 2 Oct 2008Vos House, Vanguard Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0NT
Received 8 Sept 202630A Marine Parade Mission Bar Great Yarmouth NR30 2EN
Received 9 May 201414 Long Beach Estate Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4JD
Received 17 Aug 2004Ivarsholm Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PT NR31 8PT
Received 7 Feb 200699/100 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Aug 2003West End (Land off) West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Feb 2013Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2QE
Received 9 Jun 2010LG Perfect Yard Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0JL
Received 3 Mar 2010Records 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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