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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.
18,690 approved · 2,559 refused · 1,158 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-2 Market Place The Gallon Pot PH GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NB
Received 17 Jan 2019Atlantis Resort 32 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2EW
Received 10 Jan 2020Norrard (adjacent) Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Jan 1999Pathways Wapping Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JY
Received 4 Feb 2015Hall Farm Barn No.3 Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ
Received 10 Nov 2008Long Beach Park Long Beach Estate Hemsby
Received 22 Aug 2024Rollesby Road (land at) Broiler Farm Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SQ
Received 18 Mar 20198 Prince's Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2DB
Received 17 Dec 1996Fritton Lake Church Lane Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HA
Received 18 Oct 201373 Somerton Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Aug 199771 Stephenson Close Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4NW
Received 11 May 2011Land south of Somerton Road and White Street east of Church Farm Martham
Received 22 Jun 202641A Southgates Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3LL
Received 7 Dec 200721-24 Apollo Walk GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1QH
Received 15 Aug 201938 Claydon Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8AU
Received 22 Aug 202232 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Mar 200918 Burnt Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PG NR31 0PG
Received 18 Nov 201679 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NA
Received 24 Oct 20115 George Street The Mitre Great Yarmouth NR30 1HR
Received 17 Aug 1999Staithe House The Green Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Apr 1997The Stables Heath Farm Barns Heath Road Rollesby (Parish of Ashby with Oby) GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HN
Received 9 Feb 2016Cley Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9JF
Received 8 Nov 200629 Barton Way Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3SD
Received 17 Feb 201547/48 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AN
Received 14 Feb 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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