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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.
15,570 approved · 2,144 refused · 1,018 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1JE
Received 15 May 20245 Priory Close St Olaves GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HH
Received 25 Feb 2015Tower View High Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5JH
Received 31 Jul 2020Wheatcroft Farm Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH (Land at South Bradwell)
Received 26 Apr 201733 St Julian Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BZ
Received 18 Aug 2020Hall View Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DU
Received 6 Jul 2022Land at junction of Caister Bypass and Yarmouth Road South of Pump Lane Caister-on-sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL
Received 22 May 2025Field View (Land adjoining) Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HN
Received 3 Mar 2016Lady Haven P H (land rear of) 129 Mill Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0AA
Received 15 Apr 2015Excalibur Road Site 9 Beacon Park Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RQ
Received 3 Jun 2020The Old Thatch Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Feb 2003Woodlands Cartlodge Woodlands Farm Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DX
Received 21 Sept 2011Tesco Store Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth (formerly Whitegate Farm)
Received 18 Nov 2002Land north of Hemsby Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Nr29 4qs
Received 8 Jun 2022ASCO Gas House Facility & Bollards Quay Land adjacent to Beccles Road/Southtown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JZ
Received 7 Apr 2021Bromley Hotel 63 Apsley Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2HG
Received 26 May 2017South Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (rear of 49/50 Bells Road)
Received 9 Sept 20037 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BB
Received 25 Nov 2010Wood View Hall Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9BB
Received 28 Nov 2025156 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RB
Received 21 Jul 202349 Queens Crescent Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7NN
Received 23 Aug 2017Woodside (Land adj) Sandy Lane Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9LY
Received 10 Jul 2017Seashells King Street Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AU
Received 24 Nov 20047 Ranworth Drive Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 4HN
Received 11 Aug 2003Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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