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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.
15,983 approved · 2,187 refused · 1,043 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southgates Road Pertwee and Back (Ford) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3LF
Received 17 Aug 2015153 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jul 2005Seashore Holiday Park North Drive Great Yarmouth NR30 4HG
Received 19 Jun 20235 Marjoram Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SP
Received 31 Mar 200632 Russell Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JF
Received 4 Nov 2003Danby Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BP
Received 24 Jun 2016Brackenwood Herringfleet Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HJ
Received 4 Aug 2010Old Church Farm Fleggburgh Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HH
Received 26 May 2004Common Road (Plot 45) Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 3 Oct 2013Church View (Land rear of) Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3DJ
Received 5 Jan 202213 St Georges Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2JR
Received 13 Jul 2021Unit 2 Hudson House Battery Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3NN
Received 12 Nov 2019Camlot Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Jul 2000The Priory Centre Priory Plain GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1NW
Received 18 Apr 20212 The Oaks Crab Lane Bradwell NR31 8FF
Received 5 Sept 202215 Alexandra Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 4ED
Received 14 Mar 2000Autumn Leaves Church Road Thurne Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Nov 200512 Uplands Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JU
Received 11 May 201249 Somerton Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QF
Received 27 Nov 2008Plot 5, The Paddocks Back Lane West End West Caister Great Yarmouth NR29 5ST
Received 2 Nov 20227 Westfield Close Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 3DQ
Received 8 Nov 2021Greyfriars House Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth NR30 2QE
Received 8 Jun 2010Hall Road (Land Off) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PD
Received 10 Dec 201449 Webster Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5XA
Received 26 May 2000Records 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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