Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
18,062 approved · 2,455 refused · 1,136 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vanguard Road (D & J Metals) Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 14 Feb 2007136 Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7HE
Received 24 Jun 201498 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Jul 20024 Brett Cottages Sidegate Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AT
Received 15 Jan 2020Gainsborough Court Shadingfield Close Great Yarmouth NR30 3JW
Received 21 Jan 20258 Naples Close Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 9SB
Received 25 Oct 200746 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AJ
Received 18 Aug 2017Asda Stores Ltd Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SF
Received 6 Feb 2008Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jun 200550 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1NU
Received 10 Dec 2024149 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AX
Received 28 Oct 201116 Southgates Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LJ
Received 1 May 20185 Clink Hill West Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 16 May 2006Former YTD Building Site Pier Plain Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Jan 2000Former Claydon High School Land north of Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AZ
Received 28 Jul 201049 Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU
Received 12 Jan 199934 Hawthorn Crescent Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PX
Received 18 Nov 2010Endcot, North Market Road Winterton NR29 4BH
Received 22 May 2026Wood Farm (part) Wood Farm Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Jun 199821 Garnham Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 6 May 19992 Bately Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HJ
Received 15 Apr 2020Vantage House Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0LS
Received 6 Nov 2008117 Caister Road The Chandlers GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4DL
Received 12 Oct 201615 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HJ
Received 21 Oct 2025Records 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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