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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.
17,111 approved · 2,325 refused · 1,102 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Market Place (Sites GY07/ GY53/GY05); Market Gates (Site GY06); Theatre Plain (Site GY08) Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Mar 2002Abbeville Lodge Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SE
Received 9 May 2022Rectory House Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4RA
Received 25 Aug 202336 Cherry Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8ED
Received 27 Apr 200511 Crofters Walk Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PG
Received 26 Feb 201824 Cobholm Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Aug 200541 Gatehouse Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4RE
Received 21 Jun 20182 Gournay Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6DZ
Received 16 Aug 20213 Duncan Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3BJ
Received 23 Dec 202048 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RY
Received 24 Aug 2009Kraftalm 72 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH
Received 28 Mar 202296 Links Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JX
Received 3 Oct 202512/13 South Market Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2BQ
Received 25 Jan 2017Purley Court, Unit H Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LZ
Received 26 Jan 20241 and 5 Church Court Priory Plain GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NS
Received 28 Jun 2021115 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PU
Received 6 Jun 2001The Market Tavern Public House 17 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LY
Received 30 Nov 2021Baker Oil Tools Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TE
Received 1 Feb 2005Tally Ho, Hall Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9AX
Received 11 Sept 201235/36 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LX
Received 20 May 2003Kooky Burrow Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN NR29 4PN
Received 9 Mar 2009Marine Close (Land off) Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 16 May 2013Decoy Road/Main Road (Land at) Main Road (adj.farm) Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LX
Received 12 Feb 2015Stepping Out 38 Hawthorn Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8ES
Received 9 Sept 2026Records 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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