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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.
16,278 approved · 2,217 refused · 1,056 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Edinburgh Avenue Allotments Potters Field Great Yarmouth NR31 7HL
Received 24 Sept 20247 Gaywood Close Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Jun 2001Madden Avenue and Sturdee Avenue Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Aug 20246 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Jun 20036 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Jan 2002Church Road West Somerton Norfolk NR29 4DP
Received 14 Apr 2008Drill Hall York Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2LZ
Received 3 Apr 2017Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (opposite Alpha Road)
Received 6 Jul 2000Garden Land adj 4 Beach Close Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 25 Sept 20233 Broom Close Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4TU
Received 2 Jul 2018WT Waste Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 OLS
Received 30 Apr 20072 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 5 Feb 2016Yarmouth Road (Land at) Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4WS
Received 30 Apr 2026251 Southtown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JJ
Received 18 Sept 20181 Pier Walk (Rear of) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DA
Received 27 Sept 201670 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NW
Received 22 May 20009 The Green Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PL
Received 8 Jul 201958-65 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LX
Received 11 May 2015Windy Ridge Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HN
Received 2 Apr 201343 Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LA
Received 9 May 20123 Lady Margarets Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QN
Received 8 Jul 201037 Regent Street Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Feb 2003Tuttles Cold Store Exmouth Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3DP
Received 22 Apr 2022Land at Thamesfield Way
Received 25 Oct 2024Records 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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