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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.
18,245 approved · 2,481 refused · 1,149 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Viburnum Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8EF
Received 6 May 2010Land off Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret
Received 22 Nov 2022Copperfield, Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 2 Oct 2006Tally Ho Hall Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9AX
Received 28 May 2024Nett House Clay Road Caister on sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5HB
Received 7 Jun 2022183 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 6 Oct 2008Plot 9 Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Sept 200220 Winifred Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AB
Received 18 Dec 202048 University Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QH
Received 14 Sept 200128 Riverside Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Apr 2002Unit E, Ventureforth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0ER
Received 21 Jun 201218 Rampart Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1PX
Received 18 Jun 2012Tretts Lane (Land at) Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AN
Received 3 Oct 2019127 Lawn Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1QP
Received 15 Nov 2018Bridge Gate Court 137 Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0JA
Received 20 Aug 2025108 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2NJ
Received 21 Feb 20114 Nursery Close (Plot 6) Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SP
Received 7 Feb 20006 Market Place (Two Necked Swan) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NB
Received 16 Jan 201872 High Street Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5EH NR30 5EH
Received 9 Feb 200616B Market Gates Shopping Centre GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AX
Received 17 Jun 2019Linfords Staithe Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5JU
Received 18 Jun 201945 Longs Industrial Estate Englands Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Jun 2005Mercator Works South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3QL
Received 19 Feb 2014Furzeleigh House Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 22 May 2000Records 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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