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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.
16,911 approved · 2,298 refused · 1,094 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
28 The Green Selwyn House Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PA
Received 28 Apr 201634 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HN
Received 23 May 202357 Lark Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SB
Received 1 Jul 200937 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BE
Received 19 Jul 200031 Albemarle Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Nov 20012 Quay Ostend Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Apr 200679 High Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Feb 200311 Orwell Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NZ
Received 3 Sept 2010203 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SX
Received 16 Jun 20232 Marine Parade Las Palmas Great Yarmouth NR30 3AH
Received 8 Dec 2010East House Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Dec 2001Flirts with Attitude Ltd 20 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2NZ
Received 25 Jan 201058 Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LJ
Received 29 Aug 200010-32 & 42-64 Kings Road 83-89 St Annes Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Aug 201443 Links Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JR
Received 28 Nov 2001Green Acre Meadowcroft, Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QQ
Received 2 Nov 200913 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RY
Received 31 May 20165 Rogers Close Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9RS
Received 2 Mar 2004Breydon View Busseys Loke Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HG
Received 1 Jun 2016Hall View Martham Road Rollesby NR29 5DU
Received 3 Jan 2024Fishwharf South Denes Road Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Apr 200567 Yarmouth Road Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BU
Received 28 Nov 20141 Tower Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5JW NR29 5JW
Received 27 Jun 2006Hammond Road (Former Car Showroom & Garage) Great Yarmouth NR30 4HX
Received 6 May 2014Records 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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