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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.
15,520 approved · 2,141 refused · 1,016 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 29 Sept 2006The Village Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AF
Received 29 May 2012The Pier Hotel Harbours Mouth Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PL
Received 31 Mar 2016J Sainsbury Supermarket St Nicholas Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NN
Received 2 Dec 202012A George Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HR
Received 6 Apr 201610 Aspen Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5BG
Received 16 Sept 2014Western Edge of field adjacent to Cley Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 4 May 200720 Sycamore Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8NE NR31 8NE
Received 4 Jan 200617 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PL NR29 4PL
Received 28 Jun 200733 King Street Fatso's GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2PN
Received 6 Jun 20172 Hollow Tree Cottages Hall Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9AU
Received 24 Sept 200813 Poplar Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7PW
Received 10 Oct 2006Home Farm West Road West Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5ST
Received 28 Oct 201576 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AY
Received 14 May 200823/24 Market Place Woolworths Great Yarmouth NR30 1LZ
Received 3 Feb 20042 Filby Close Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HT
Received 28 Jun 2002The Bell Public House The Street Hemsby NR29 4EU
Received 25 Sept 2026299 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6JW
Received 26 Apr 200525B King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2NZ
Received 8 Dec 2005Martham Hall 58 Hall Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PD
Received 5 Apr 2017Kensington Hotel 29 North Drive Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4EW NR30 4EW
Received 10 Oct 200519 Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AX
Received 30 May 2023East Norfolk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BQ
Received 14 Oct 2002Land adj. New House Off Rollesby Road Fleggburgh NR29 3AT
Received 1 Sept 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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