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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.
17,872 approved · 2,426 refused · 1,126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-27 Magnolia Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Jul 200512 Spencer Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR32 7BH
Received 1 Jul 20023 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2AF
Received 2 Jul 2020153 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Dec 1997Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB
Received 26 Apr 20247 Vine Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HQ
Received 25 Mar 20101 Priory Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AZ
Received 14 Oct 2003Cafe and Car Park Beach Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AJ
Received 26 Jan 2004North Denes Road Great Yarmouth (storage unit)
Received 29 Jul 199838 Four Acres Estate Summer Holme Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JB
Received 22 Jan 2019Land off Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PY
Received 28 Nov 202514 Lower Esplanade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BT NR31 6BT
Received 23 Feb 2016Lower Wood Farm Browns Lane Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JQ
Received 4 Apr 2005Berth 4 South Denes Road Great Yarmouth (warehouses) NR30 3QD
Received 4 Jan 2002Norfolk & Suffolk Animal Trust Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AT
Received 17 Mar 2010Rose Havre Stepshort Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JS
Received 7 Jun 201730 Laurel Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8PB NR31 8PB
Received 18 May 2006Copyfax Building Shuttleworth Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NQ
Received 8 Apr 201612 Cherry Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Dec 199747 Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PA
Received 24 Sept 201416 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF
Received 12 Jul 19995-7 Kingsway Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JT
Received 11 Sept 201716 Marguerite Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RL
Received 11 Aug 201120 Clarence Road Gorleston NR31 6DT
Received 26 Mar 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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