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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.
17,705 approved · 2,405 refused · 1,116 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1997 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Potters Leisure Resort Coast Road Hopton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9BX
Received 30 Jan 20083 The Village Main Road A1064 Fleggburgh NR29 3DL
Received 22 Mar 2022Back Lane (Land west of) Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 5 Oct 2017Mill Lane/Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Apr 1998Great Yarmouth Port O&M Facility Land at South Denes Road and South Beach Parade
Received 20 Jan 2025100 South Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jul 19987-9 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 22 Feb 20174 Spring Cottages Main Road Rollesby NR29 5EQ
Received 14 Oct 202425 Hemsby Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4QQ
Received 19 Jul 202119 Wellington Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3AQ
Received 2 Mar 1999Church Farm Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 3 Jan 200710 Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QH
Received 25 Aug 2009Lime Tree Cottage High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Oct 2003189 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9ER
Received 21 Apr 20202 Daisy Close Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4PJ
Received 11 Jan 2022Sub Sea Offshore Ltd Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX
Received 15 Jun 199814A Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3AJ
Received 12 Sept 2024Adelaide House Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS
Received 14 Jul 201022 Briar Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NF
Received 28 Jan 20045/7 Kingsway Spar Foodmarkets Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JT
Received 25 Jan 2002Great Ormesby Hall Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QB
Received 4 Nov 2025East block, Gainsborough Court Land adjacent 2 Shadingfield Close Great Yarmouth NR30 3JL
Received 14 Oct 2025Home Farm Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LZ
Received 22 Jun 200038 Alpha Road Southtown Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 0LQ
Received 8 Aug 2007Records 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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