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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.
18,313 approved · 2,495 refused · 1,152 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
58 Links Road (Parish of Hopton) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JR
Received 1 Oct 201844 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PN
Received 6 Nov 201855-57 Clarence Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 3 Jan 2006The Stables Pump Lane West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Mar 200813 Sandown Road Willow Tree Lodge Great Yarmouth NR30 1EY
Received 6 Sept 2004Grange Farm Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DN
Received 5 Oct 2001Row 60 Howard Street South GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 13 Jan 201577 Westerley Way Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5AP
Received 18 Jan 2013The Laurels (Land adjacent) Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Feb 201068 Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NN
Received 21 Mar 201377 Covent Garden Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jan 1998The Bungalow 3A Caledonian Way Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PQ
Received 27 Nov 200766 High Street Patient Dental Care Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RQ
Received 13 Oct 2010Marks and Spencer Unit G Purley Court Gapton Hall Road Norfolk NR31 0NL
Received 1 Oct 201428 Nelson Road Central Helensdale Great Yarmouth NR30 2LA
Received 26 Jun 2001Beach Road Car Park Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jan 2005Whitethorn Farm (rear of ) Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jan 201229-31 Fastolff House Regent Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1RR
Received 25 Nov 202274 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BD
Received 21 Oct 199914 Cherry Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Apr 2003Former First and Last Public House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QG
Received 16 Mar 202425A King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2NZ
Received 17 Aug 2010Ashmar House Farman Close Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JR
Received 18 Oct 202196 Links Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JX
Received 3 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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