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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.
16,321 approved · 2,224 refused · 1,056 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 1999 to 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 White Clover Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8ST
Received 8 Nov 202148 Roman Way Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Feb 2004115 Lowestoft Road (adjacent) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SP
Received 21 Feb 2012Caravan Park Beaumont Park Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HP
Received 24 Feb 20091 Laburnum Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JB
Received 6 Jul 200091 Blackbird Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RT
Received 23 Oct 200360 Queens Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Oct 20002 Church View Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 9 May 2006Abbeville Lodge Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SE
Received 25 Sept 202528 Hill Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HP
Received 19 Jul 201912 Peacehaven Close Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4FQ
Received 22 Jun 20216 A, B & C St Nicholas Road/ 12A Priory Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 1NL
Received 11 Jun 2008Decoy Farm Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jun 2013158 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RB
Received 13 Jan 20047 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4AH
Received 14 Jun 2002White Owl Barn Private Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DX
Received 28 May 2009Fairview Farm Stepshort Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JS
Received 27 Aug 202025-26 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HG
Received 3 Sept 201258 North Quay St Johns Head Public House GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1JB
Received 25 Aug 202025 Magdalen Way Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7BW
Received 10 Aug 2023Hobland House Hobland Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9AR
Received 8 Sept 2023Garfield Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4JR
Received 22 Mar 2017274A Southtown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0JB NR31 0JB
Received 14 Feb 2006Repps Road (Land North of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QZ
Received 5 Mar 2018Records 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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