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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.
17,226 approved · 2,336 refused · 1,103 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High House Billockby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3BE NR29 3BE
Received 16 Dec 20083 Framlingham Close Southtown Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Nov 2003Sidegate Cottages (Land adj) Sidegate Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AL
Received 6 Jul 202124a King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 20 May 200411 Clover Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RH NR31 8RH
Received 21 Sept 2012St Georges Park Crown Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JN
Received 17 Sept 20242 Caledonian Way Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PQ
Received 20 Aug 201210 Lynn Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8AW
Received 22 Jun 201130 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NS
Received 21 May 2012Fullers Hill Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 18 Jun 2013Highfield Farm Heath Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HJ
Received 16 Apr 200461 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Nov 200497 Rosedale Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Aug 199823 Somerton Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QF
Received 8 Jul 200368 Suffolk Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PZ
Received 27 Aug 202470 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LU
Received 30 Aug 2024Stable Block 2 The Paddocks Back Road West Caister NR30 5SX
Received 13 Jun 2011Land - Junction of Beach Road & Scratby Road Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3AJ
Received 12 Aug 2022Liffens Welcome Holiday Centre Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Mar 20041 The Heath Filby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3JG
Received 8 Jan 2008A149 Acle New Road/Station Road Great Yarmouth (junction)
Received 15 Jul 20044 The Jetty Shop (The Tea Junction) Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3AH
Received 27 Nov 20171a Longs Industrial Estate Englands Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BE
Received 20 Aug 2010Fairway Lakes Village, Caldecott Hall Estate, Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9EY
Received 7 Jul 2022Records 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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