Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
16,639 approved · 2,271 refused · 1,080 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 May 1999 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Pratts Buildings King Street Winterton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4AU NR29 4AU
Received 4 Aug 201014 Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3LW
Received 25 May 200771 Regent Road Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Aug 2005Lucas Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 4 Oct 2005Grange Villa Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DN
Received 29 Feb 2008Mildred Stone House Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 1QS
Received 9 Jun 20222 Darwin Court Nuffield Crescent Gorleston NR31 7LP
Received 10 Sept 202444 Sussex Road (Land adj) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PF
Received 21 Oct 2014Flat A 42 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PN
Received 25 Nov 202268 Ormesby Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LJ
Received 25 Mar 20154 Church Lane Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JL
Received 22 May 2008178 Alderson Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QL
Received 24 Sept 2012Rectory House Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 13 Feb 2006Church Walk Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 2 Feb 200740 Regent Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1RH
Received 27 Mar 200826-28 Southgates Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3LL
Received 25 Sept 2013Branton House North Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LR
Received 16 Mar 2021Merrivale Model Village Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3JG
Received 7 Nov 200826 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JT
Received 25 May 20056 Croft Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5EJ NR30 5EJ
Received 9 Nov 20065 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4TJ
Received 9 Dec 200816 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LY
Received 5 Sept 2025121 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8AB
Received 17 Apr 200119 The Mews Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TW
Received 4 Feb 2010Records 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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