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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.
18,526 approved · 2,530 refused · 1,156 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 22 Dec 200415 Kennel Loke Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 24 Nov 2005Beach Road Cafe and Car Park Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 16 Jan 201951 Market Place Seasons Cafe and Patisserie Great Yarmouth NR30 1NU
Received 30 Jun 1998Mill House 53 Hemsby Road Martham NR29 4QQ
Received 27 Jun 2025Caldecott Hall Estate, Tingdene Caldecott Hall Country Park Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9EY
Received 12 Feb 202412 Gedge Road Caister-on-sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5LR
Received 16 Jul 2026Lodge Farm Barns Lawns Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HL
Received 13 Apr 2023Browston Hall Country Club Browston Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Sept 200016 Broom Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PB
Received 11 Sept 200224 Private Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LH
Received 18 Sept 2014Former Social Club Beevor Road Great Yarmouth
Received 1 May 20034 West Road Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3RJ
Received 3 May 2024St Peters Church Hall Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 16 Jan 2007154 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 28 May 19987/16 Coronation Road (land around) Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jul 2002Gainsborough Court Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JL
Received 1 Mar 2013Primary House Horsey Road West Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DW
Received 4 Jul 2022244 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Nov 200158 Fern Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9QY
Received 20 May 200311/13/15/17 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4TJ
Received 1 Jun 2004The Conge Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1JN
Received 18 Jun 2009Cherry Lane/Hornbeam Close/Erica Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8ED
Received 11 Aug 20232 Howard St North 1-2 Market Row (former Bretts W/H) & Cottage (rear of Row 46) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 11 Jul 2006Records 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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