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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.
17,546 approved · 2,377 refused · 1,109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Orwell Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NZ
Received 18 Apr 201231 Mill Lane Bradwell NR31 8HH
Received 20 Nov 202564 North Road Mill House Ormesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3LE
Received 19 Dec 2010Lime Kiln House Lime Kiln Walk North Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Aug 201116 Meadowland Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 8TA
Received 17 Sept 2007Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Apr 200019 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BE
Received 7 Mar 200543 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6RR NR31 6RR
Received 14 Feb 200749 Victoria Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6EA
Received 28 Feb 20112 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PA
Received 26 Oct 199832 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2EN
Received 11 Feb 2016Baker CAC Viking Road Gapton Hall Ind Est Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NU
Received 20 May 1999Fairview Lodge Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JS
Received 6 Dec 2010Northgate Hospital Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BU
Received 18 Apr 2002Leonard Court (formerly known as Hall View), Martham Road Rollesby
Received 16 Jun 20266 Tern Road (site of) Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 12 Jun 200834 Cormorant Way Bradwell NR31 9UH
Received 10 Apr 2025123 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PU
Received 17 Oct 2022Grange Farm Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS NR29 3HS
Received 5 Jun 2006Back Path (north of) Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jun 1998The Belle Vue Inn 11 Quay Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PJ
Received 22 Mar 2021Galen Lodge Back Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QJ
Received 22 Jun 2017Market Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1PB
Received 14 Feb 2005Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0LS
Received 21 Sept 2005Records 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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