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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.
17,006 approved · 2,314 refused · 1,096 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1998 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hall Farm Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ
Received 1 Aug 200010 Tudor Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Feb 200012 The Green Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3JT
Received 1 Oct 202448 Nightingale Close Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NR
Received 28 Dec 2011Old Parcel Office Great Yarmouth Station Acle New Road Great Yarmouth
Received 13 May 200356 St Georges Road The Gallery Bar Great Yarmouth NR30 2JT
Received 9 Mar 20041-5 Strowger Court Dock Tavern Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6GD
Received 24 Sept 2015Field View North Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LR
Received 25 Jul 2019159 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Oct 2001Ridge Back House Heath Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HL
Received 8 May 20088 Keppel Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6SN
Received 19 Dec 201941B River Thurne Cottages Martham Riverbank Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 3 Jan 200614 Bell Lane Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Apr 1999Hopton Holiday Village Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BW
Received 5 Oct 199919/21 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2HG
Received 15 Sept 2004Collis Lane East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DT
Received 3 Oct 200138 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HD
Received 12 Oct 2012Land adjacent South East Corner of Venetian Waterways (opposite Kiosk 4) North Drive GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4EW
Received 8 Jul 20213 Queen Elizabeth Court Kings Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3JW
Received 7 Apr 2021Former Edward Worlledge School Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED
Received 10 May 202418 Watsons Close Hopton Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 1 Jul 2009Lochinvar Short Road Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DS
Received 11 Mar 2015White Lodge 1 Tern Road Scratby Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3NX
Received 22 Jan 20221 Mountbatten Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5RT
Received 9 May 2019Records 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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