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.
17,027 approved · 2,314 refused · 1,097 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Alwyn House Burgh Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EG
Received 28 Jun 2021213/214 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1DH
Received 27 May 20028 Damgate Lane Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 30 May 200652 Marlborough Green Crescent Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SZ
Received 23 Aug 200439 Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PU NR31 9PU
Received 9 Feb 201613A High Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 8 Dec 200523 Forsythia Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8LA
Received 11 Jun 2024Burghwell Lodge Barns Market Road Burgh Castle NR31 9EN
Received 4 Apr 202427 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3NH
Received 25 Apr 2024Opp 1 Woodlands Close Scratby NR29 3FH
Received 7 Apr 2025Staithe Road (Land North of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 1 Feb 201987 Lowestoft Road The Albion Public House Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SH
Received 6 Dec 1999Clarkes Farm Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PT
Received 7 Feb 201214 Mallard Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JJ NR31 8JJ
Received 21 Jan 2016Land off Beccles Road/ Jews Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 6 Jun 2007Land at Wheatcroft Farm Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 15 Apr 2021Estcourt Road (Hurrells Motor Garage) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4JQ
Received 21 Jul 201733 Staithe Road/Thurne Rise Martham Great Yarmouth (rear of)
Received 8 Aug 2000Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Nov 199955 California Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS
Received 6 Apr 20091 Old Chapel Cottages Old Chapel Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4BQ
Received 19 Nov 2010The Paddock Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LZ
Received 20 Apr 20238 Flowerday Close Hopton on sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RR
Received 7 Mar 2022The Rockies Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QJ
Received 16 Apr 2012Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage