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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.
16,200 approved · 2,206 refused · 1,052 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Dec 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 The Green Martham NR29 4PF
Received 12 Jun 202617 Kennel Loke Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6JU NR31 6JU
Received 18 Jul 2006Unit 37-39 Market Gates Martin McColls Great Yarmouth NR30 2BG
Received 11 Jun 2014Former Suspension Bridge Tavern Sidegate Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1JU
Received 6 Feb 202558 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8HF
Received 8 Jun 2018East Norfolk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BQ
Received 30 Jul 200224 Dorothy Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8NR
Received 4 Feb 200886 Springfield Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Jul 2002Cherry Gardens Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 17 Mar 20063 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF
Received 4 Apr 200244 Primrose Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RN
Received 18 Jun 2009Site off Thamesfield Way South of Pasteur Retail Park GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DN
Received 19 Mar 2024Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Apr 200536 and 37 Cliff Hill Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DQ
Received 13 Oct 2021105 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RF
Received 11 Mar 20041 Barn Lane Runham Mautby NR29 3EF
Received 1 Aug 202219 Sharpe Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3PT
Received 25 Mar 200858 Bells Road Margo's Lounge Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6AG
Received 8 Dec 2016Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth (Plot 4)
Received 31 Aug 20049 Linden Tree Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 15 Dec 2006Hollydene Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Dec 200257 The Promenade Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3PA
Received 28 Jun 2018Church Farmhouse Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LN
Received 4 Jan 2002Acle New Road Vauxhall Holiday Park GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1TB
Received 7 Dec 2015Records 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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