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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.
17,157 approved · 2,330 refused · 1,102 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LA
Received 14 May 2001Lynn Grove VA High School Lynn Grove Gorleston (Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Oct 2008245 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RT
Received 31 Jan 2025Eastern Beach Holiday Park Manor Road Caister NR30 5HH
Received 27 Jan 2025Winchester Hotel 12 Euston Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DY
Received 10 Sept 2024Howard Street North (rear of) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1PF NR30 1PF
Received 10 Mar 2016Glebe House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QE
Received 23 Oct 202015 Provan Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Nov 2000Area next to North West Wall of Marina Centre Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jan 2009The Commodore PH High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RR
Received 14 Oct 2013130 Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LW
Received 6 Nov 19986 Willows Court Martham NR29 4SF
Received 7 May 202584 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RQ
Received 8 Oct 1999Manor Farm Cottage Manor Farm Road East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DY
Received 13 Oct 20151 The Old Rectory Fleggburgh Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Feb 200211 Bernard Road Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jun 200925 Norwich Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JP
Received 21 Dec 2021192 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8QS
Received 25 Jul 20213 Hall Quay William H Brown GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1HX
Received 12 Jun 2015The Old Rectory Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 6 Mar 20078 Kent Square Great Yarmouth NR30 2EX
Received 2 Aug 2000Frans Maas (UK) Ltd Morton Peto Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LT
Received 22 Mar 20066 Queen Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2QP
Received 27 Apr 20182 Helen Avenue Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4TF
Received 25 Aug 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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