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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.
17,101 approved · 2,325 refused · 1,100 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 St Hughs Green Gorleston GREAT YARMOTUH NR31 7NG NR31 7NG
Received 17 Mar 201632 Mallard Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8LX
Received 13 Mar 201321 & 22 Regent Road (land at the rear of) Suffolk Place Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF
Received 11 Nov 200872 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Nov 1999Stable Barn Repps Road Thurne GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BY
Received 12 Jan 202252 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Jan 1999St Marys RC Church Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AJ
Received 31 Mar 2014Ivy House Burnt Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PG
Received 29 Sept 202517 - 19 Kent Square Great Yarmouth NR30 2EX
Received 26 Jan 2026Filby Villa Barn Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HJ
Received 28 May 20037 The Pastures Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HF
Received 5 Feb 2004160 Ormesby Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NL
Received 15 Sept 20207 Mount Pleasant Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QF
Received 31 May 200029 Hall Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PD
Received 18 Dec 2014175 Southtown Road (Land at rear) Southtown Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 29 Mar 200527 The Green Brooklyn House Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PL
Received 19 Nov 2018Heronfield Sandy Lane West Somerton Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Mar 2003Burnley Hall Estate Dark Lane East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DZ
Received 23 Feb 20239 Baker Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6QT
Received 12 Feb 20023 Tern Road Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Feb 1999The Annexe 17 Marine Parade Gorleston NR31 6DX
Received 22 Jul 20256 Tan Lane Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DN
Received 6 Mar 2012The Hollies High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 21 Jul 2011Millennium House H M Designs Gapton Hall Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NL
Received 4 Oct 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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