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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.
16,771 approved · 2,282 refused · 1,088 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Wight Drive Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5UN
Received 19 Dec 2014Former Methodist Church The Green Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3EX
Received 7 Jan 2004Seashore Holiday Park North Drive GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4HG
Received 17 Sept 201976 Howard Street South (Second Time Around) Great Yarmouth NR30 1LW
Received 14 May 2013A-One Motorcycles Estcourt Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4JQ
Received 24 May 2001Primary House (land adjoining) Horsey Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DW
Received 29 Mar 2001Shop & The Cottage 17 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Oct 200816 Cormorant Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 2 Dec 2005Land off Black Street (rear of No. 23) Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 17 Jul 20072 Cotman Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RE
Received 8 Mar 2023Site opposite 1 Vine Close Hemsby NR29 4HQ
Received 11 Apr 20255 Euston Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DX
Received 15 Apr 1999Disused Dairy Depot Behind No 59 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8DH
Received 25 Jul 2008Hemsby Belle Aire Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HZ
Received 25 Jul 202345 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EX
Received 28 Oct 202254 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2EJ
Received 27 Sept 202153 Durham Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7HF NR31 7HF
Received 8 Mar 2006Hillcroft Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Mar 200311a Grange Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5BA
Received 4 Mar 201020 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT
Received 30 Aug 201337 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AV
Received 5 Sept 2008Coastground Limited Morton Peto Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 18 Sept 201823 Ormesby Road Hill House Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QJ
Received 24 Jun 201323 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AR
Received 19 Mar 2026Records 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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