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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.
18,389 approved · 2,506 refused · 1,153 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Fell Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 17 Jul 200920 South Quay Custom House GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2RG
Received 17 Sept 2015Coal Yard/Bowling Green (former) Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth (Plot Nos 1, 2 and 3)
Received 23 Nov 2004Beech House Farm (Land at) off Pound Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 31 Jul 200614 Stradbroke Road Gorleston NR31 7AQ
Received 24 Oct 2024The Lion Inn The Street Thurne Great Yarmouth NR29 3AP
Received 12 Dec 200127 Bulmer Lane Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AF
Received 20 Apr 20209 Arnott Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HS
Received 9 Mar 201026 Kennel Loke Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU
Received 7 Sept 2009The Holkham Hotel Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Feb 200135 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH (adjacent) NR29 3QE
Received 18 Feb 2021Unit 12 Longs Industrial Estate Wardrop Joinery Ltd Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BE
Received 15 Feb 200225 White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE
Received 13 Nov 2006Vantage House Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 8 Sept 200531 Exmouth Road Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Mar 19977 James Gray Close Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DE
Received 15 Sept 201638 Northgate Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1BH
Received 1 Mar 201710 Laburnum Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JB
Received 21 Nov 2022Field Farm Stud Low Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Dec 1999Fullers Hill GREAT YARMOUTH (land at) NR30 1PR
Received 12 Oct 202024 Regent Road Wrights Restaurant Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Feb 1999Beccles Road/Jews Lane (Land off) Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 24 Feb 2006Gotts Corner High Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth NR29 5JH
Received 3 Aug 202611 Selwyn Drive Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Feb 2004Records 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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