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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.
18,142 approved · 2,467 refused · 1,138 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Thomas's Road (Land off) Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JE
Received 27 Jul 2018Kings Drive (land south of) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 2 Mar 2016The Old Vicarage The Street Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4EU
Received 22 Sept 202020 Grove Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth NR29 5JL
Received 17 Jun 201420 School Road Runham Great Yarmouth NR30 1LB
Received 3 Jul 2013138 Beccles Road (Land adj) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PR
Received 24 Oct 201922 Eastern Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Apr 2004Opp 7 & Opp 52 The Green Black Street Martham
Received 13 Aug 2025219 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1DH
Received 4 Aug 20092 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JG
Received 23 Jun 2004R/o 1-8 Frere Court Howard Street South Great Yarmouth NR30 2PS
Received 12 Dec 2024Barn 3 Hall Farm Barns Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ
Received 30 Apr 20125 Stonecutters Way Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Jun 199931 Shakespeare Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4HE
Received 23 Nov 2018Munnings Court Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth (lorry park) (adjo MDF Transport premises)
Received 26 Feb 199826 Kennel Loke Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 30 Sept 2008Shop between 56 & 57 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AN
Received 20 Oct 20101 Nightingale Close Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 14 Mar 2007Clay Road (Adjacent 64 Tan Lane) Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Sept 1997166 Church Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6NN
Received 8 Jan 2019Bella Vista (land at) Market Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Aug 2006Flegg High School Somerton Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QD
Received 11 Jun 2008Paston Farm Mautby Lane Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JB
Received 26 Jun 201934 Blake Road Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Sept 2001Records 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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