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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.
15,675 approved · 2,150 refused · 1,025 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land west of St Nicholas Drive St Nicholas Drive Caister-on-Sea
Received 2 Aug 2024Land between Chaplin Road and Beaufort Way (south of the Bradwell Local Centre) Bradwell
Received 20 Jan 2026Central Library And Tolhouse Museum Tolhouse Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2SH
Received 4 Aug 202637 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6DQ NR31 6DQ
Received 4 Apr 200728/30 Camperdown The Andover Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB
Received 22 Feb 2005Martham Coronation Rec Ground Playing Field Lane Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Oct 2000114A Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AB
Received 15 Nov 201021 Broad Row Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Sept 20009 Grove Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 4 Jul 201123 Hill Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HP
Received 21 Mar 2024Bubbles Amusements 1 Warren Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 19 Dec 20058 Sun Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PY
Received 16 Nov 201133 Middleton Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7PG
Received 7 Feb 2022O/S 2 Swallow Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8QT
Received 30 Jun 20233 Eastern Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Mar 2002Munnings Court Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Apr 2001Market Gates Shopping Centre Market Gates GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2BG
Received 9 Dec 2014Bush Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4BY
Received 16 Aug 201129-32 St Georges Road Florence House Great Yarmouth NR30 2JX
Received 13 Feb 2012Footway Outside 113 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AE
Received 4 Mar 2026Manor Farm Thrigby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Parish of Mautby)
Received 19 Jun 2006Anchor House Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Jul 2001Glebe Farm Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HS
Received 9 May 20164 Rowan Court North Market Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BH
Received 10 Jan 2005Records 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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