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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.
18,183 approved · 2,471 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Winmer Avenue Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BA
Received 6 Sept 2016White Street Former Mushroom Farm (land adj) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 30 Nov 201714 Lancaster Road Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Apr 19994A Allendale Road The Office Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5ES
Received 3 Aug 2017Rollesby Road/Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AR
Received 17 Mar 2011Queens Head Public House High Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QQ
Received 24 Feb 2017O/S 59 Anglian Way Hopton on sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9DB
Received 14 Feb 2023Morrisons Burgh Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9ER
Received 7 Feb 2020137 Mill Road (P J's) Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0HS
Received 28 Feb 2014Clayon Pavilion Suffolk Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 7 Jul 2020The Willows Links Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JR
Received 8 Apr 2016Southerley 97A Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QF NR29 3QF
Received 30 Apr 201035 Mariners Compass Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TS
Received 23 Apr 200825 Ryelands Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 1 Dec 2005Galbraith Church Lane Clippesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BL
Received 17 Jun 202112 Acres Site (Land adjacent Chicken Hatchery) Mill Road Burgh Castle NR31 9QP
Received 21 Apr 202260 North Drive Great Yarmouth NR30 4EX
Received 24 Apr 20234 West Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RJ
Received 19 Nov 20135 Clay Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DH NR31 9DH
Received 11 Jul 2016The Orangery Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 10 Jan 201825-26 St Mary's Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 7 Jan 200922 St Peters Plain Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Dec 2001Hopton Post Office Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Sept 201188 Winifred Way Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Feb 2002Records 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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