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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.
15,509 approved · 2,140 refused · 1,015 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Breydon Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0AJ
Received 9 Aug 201114 St Annes Way Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9LH NR31 9LH
Received 22 Aug 201647 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HH
Received 31 Oct 2013Fiesta 13 Raven Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JX
Received 15 Jul 20211-3 Exmouth Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3DN
Received 2 Sept 200820 Victoria Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EH
Received 10 Jan 20028 St Benets Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LY
Received 6 Aug 2002Former Art College Nelson Road Central/Trafalgar Road Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Aug 200325 St James Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 9 May 20021-2 Market Place The Gallon Pot PH GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NB
Received 18 Jan 201985 Westerley Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AP
Received 14 Apr 2016Whitethorn Lodge Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AB
Received 19 Aug 2003Former Pontins Holiday Centre Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HJ
Received 9 Feb 202358 Beccles Road Bradwell NR31 8HF
Received 6 Nov 20259 Collingwood Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4LR
Received 15 Mar 2017Co-op Department Store Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1NX
Received 25 Jul 2003Toppers Club Land adjacent to Sundowner Park Newport Road, Newport Hemsby, Great Yarmouth NR29 4NW
Received 14 Apr 2008Row 71 (Premises) off Hall Plain Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Mar 200169 University Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QJ
Received 6 Jun 2014Grange Farm Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Sept 200974 Station Road Beechcroft Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH
Received 17 Jan 201721 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2NZ
Received 22 Nov 202510/16 High Street Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5EF
Received 28 May 2009Marina Centre Car Park (North of) Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Aug 2013Records 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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