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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.
15,727 approved · 2,154 refused · 1,026 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Martham Primary School and Nursery Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PR
Received 10 Apr 2014The Chimneys Hall Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 22 May 2009Land West of Woodfarm Lane (Bluebell Meadow)
Received 18 Feb 202517 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BA
Received 20 Jul 2024Woodland Rise Priory Road St Olaves Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9HQ
Received 29 Apr 202231-33 Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QW
Received 14 Feb 201313 Euston Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DY
Received 3 Nov 200382 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0JR
Received 16 Mar 2012Land to front of Cedar Croft Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HR
Received 25 Jun 20091 Leys Close Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0HE
Received 4 Jul 20083 Onslow Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4DT
Received 21 May 2018Lavender House Somerton Road Winterton-on-sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4AW
Received 1 Mar 202349 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PS
Received 12 Feb 201514/16 Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Dec 200319 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HH
Received 2 Feb 2009The Manor House Browston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 9DP
Received 6 Aug 2007The Old Bonds, Flat 1 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PP
Received 27 Jun 2024Pickerill Holme Wood Farm Loke Mautby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 26 May 200612 Paget Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7RP
Received 17 Mar 202351A Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8DH
Received 4 Feb 20088 Holly Terrace Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QG
Received 4 Apr 20143 Albany Road Southtown Great Yarmouth (Flats B and E)
Received 9 Nov 2004Pickerill Holme Wood Farm Loke Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 5JL
Received 5 Jun 20036 White Friars Court Broad Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1HT
Received 17 Mar 2011Records 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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