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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.
18,452 approved · 2,521 refused · 1,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1996 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillcrest, Heath Road St Olaves Fritton And St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HL
Received 1 Jul 2026Magdalen Arms Public House Magdalen Way Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7BN
Received 16 Sept 20168 Pippin Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Nov 20033 The Pastures Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HF
Received 28 Feb 202013 Camperdown Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB
Received 26 Nov 202447 Chestnut Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PL
Received 13 Feb 2012Yare House Morton Peto Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LT
Received 22 Dec 202010 Wellington Road (land at) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AQ
Received 28 Oct 2011Pippins Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AB
Received 6 Dec 200037 Cliff Hill (Land east of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DQ
Received 17 Jan 2024The Kevill Arms Freehouse Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LR
Received 21 Mar 2003Co-op Pharmacy 13A High Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 16 Aug 200725 North Drive Marine Court Res Home Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Mar 200134 Stafford Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0EX
Received 23 Mar 202160 Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HN
Received 23 Mar 201759 Holly Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NL
Received 4 Sept 2013Rottenstone Lane Scratby Great Yarmouth (Hut No 1)
Received 5 Apr 2006Aeropak Chemical Products Ltd Viking Road NR31 0NU
Received 25 Jul 201443 Market Row GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1PB
Received 1 Apr 20216 Burghwood Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Mar 200019 Market Gates Shopping Centre Great Yarmouth NR30 2BG
Received 7 Jun 2022Linfords Staithe Road Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5JU
Received 19 Nov 1999Breydon View Market Road Burgh Castle NR31 9EN
Received 10 Oct 2024Land Adjacent to 'Sherwood' Filby Heath Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JG NR29 3JG
Received 7 Sept 2005Records 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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