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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.
17,096 approved · 2,324 refused · 1,100 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Collingwood Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LR
Received 24 Jun 2002BP Amoco Exploration Beevor Road South Denes Great Yarmouth NR30 3NU
Received 28 Mar 200135 Elmgrove Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PP
Received 14 Mar 200951/77 Cherry Road (odds) Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Oct 20035 Collis Lane East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DS
Received 21 Oct 201335 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HF
Received 27 Mar 200154 Englands Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BE
Received 2 May 20195 Pinecot Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Apr 2005Peterhouse Primary School Peterhouse Avenue Magdalen Square Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Mar 20091 Astley Cooper Place Escourt Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DN
Received 11 Mar 2026Marshlands Billockby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BG
Received 18 Oct 200418 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3BQ
Received 24 Jan 20234 Bately Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HJ
Received 29 May 2018Repps Road (Land South of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 20 Nov 2020Burgh Hall Leisure Centre Lords Lane Burgh Castle NR31 9EP
Received 7 Apr 2020Gapton Hall Roundabout (Land adjacent - North Side) Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 24 Jan 200672 Braddock Road Caister-on-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LP
Received 5 Dec 201424 Back Lane Mill Lodge Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PE
Received 11 Mar 202021 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Aug 2003Filby First School Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HJ
Received 21 Oct 2003Cobholm First School Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Jul 2003Field Farm Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NW NR29 4NW
Received 16 Mar 200930 Byron Road Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Apr 1999Bermuda Holiday Park Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NN
Received 17 Apr 2000Records 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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