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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.
18,299 approved · 2,493 refused · 1,151 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Woodside Farm Common Lane Thurne Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 6 Jan 2006The Lodge Market Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Apr 20053 Cliff Lane Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) Great Yarmouth NR31 6JY
Received 11 Aug 20096 Rectory Close Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HW
Received 7 Apr 2008Land south of Meadowland Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Mar 2026Harmony Patch Bush Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4BY
Received 14 Mar 2013The Beech Trees (land at rear of) North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Feb 20082 Chapel Road Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EQ
Received 28 Oct 200212 Ruskin Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7HD
Received 16 Mar 202355 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Sept 200124 Northgate Street Lawries Brasserie Great Yarmouth NR30 1BA
Received 3 Oct 200014 Cherry Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Sept 2002Victoria Arcade (Entrance) King Street Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 16 Feb 20072 Chapel Lane Runham Great Yarmouth
Received 1 May 199810/12 Sandown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1EY
Received 28 Mar 20121 Kennel Loke Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Feb 2002138 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6QX
Received 6 Oct 199835 Ordnance Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3DH
Received 28 Aug 2003Former Shepherd Engineering premises Riverside Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 24 Dec 201410 Claydon Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AT
Received 25 Jan 2022Great Yarmouth College Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED
Received 5 Mar 202657 Fern Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Aug 2004Unit 2 off Southtown Road (Former Central Tyres) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LA
Received 11 Jul 2018143 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LA
Received 16 Aug 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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