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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.
16,884 approved · 2,294 refused · 1,094 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Row House/Warehouse Premises 29 Hall Plain Row 71 Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jun 200515 Western Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QG
Received 14 Jan 201135 Barton Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3SD NR29 3SD
Received 24 Aug 2007Caldecott Hall Estate, Tingdene Caldecott Hall Country Park Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9EY
Received 7 Nov 2025Viking & Construction Warehouse South Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3LT
Received 20 Jun 200847 Sparrow Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Apr 2005Alderman Swindell First School Beresford Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4RB
Received 20 Dec 2004Kurumba Station Road Ormesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JW NR29 3JW
Received 27 Jun 2006Beach House Cafe (Site 18) The Esplanade Marine Parade Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 3EH
Received 17 Aug 20124 School Close Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5EJ
Received 20 Nov 20011, 3-12, 14-16, 18, 19, 21-28 Micawber Avenue/1-7, 9, 11-37, 40-48 Copperfield Avenue Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Nov 20011 Wren Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JW
Received 28 Aug 2018Land south of Somerton Road and White Street east of Church Farm Martham
Received 22 Jun 202692 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3AU
Received 4 Aug 2006Hemsby Beach Holiday Village Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Feb 2010101 Beach Road (east of) Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 15 May 200020 Church Plain GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1NE
Received 19 Aug 202142 Long Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Jul 20023 Redwood Court Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 20 Sept 20053 Priory Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 6 Sept 200514 Whinchat Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SD
Received 6 Feb 200125 Maple Gardens Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8ND
Received 3 Nov 201724 The Village Phase (3) Plot 1 Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 22 Dec 201435 St Annes Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LF
Received 26 Mar 2025Records 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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