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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.
18,709 approved · 2,562 refused · 1,159 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Red House 14 North Road Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3SA
Received 4 Oct 2024The Grange The Barn Annexe Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret
Received 17 Jul 199713 King George's Avenue Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5EN
Received 11 Jul 2008Upperwood Farm House Browns Lane Filby Heath Great Yarmouth (Parish of Mautby) NR29 3JQ
Received 25 Jan 200565 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Nov 1999Tolpeno Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 30 May 20014 Stonecutters Way GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HF
Received 5 May 2017Fengate Farm Common Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4NA
Received 6 Oct 2014Landscape New Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9HR
Received 13 Oct 202516 Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0PA
Received 15 Aug 202226 Black Street Oddfellows Hall Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN
Received 4 Oct 2004Yarmouth Supermarket 147 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PA
Received 5 Mar 201431 The Promenade (Land at rear) Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 8 Jan 20141 Firs Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Dec 2003The Old Bonds King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PP
Received 10 Aug 20268 Westerley Close Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AL
Received 9 May 201835 Market Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1PB
Received 11 Mar 2003Merryways Royden Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AZ NR29 3AZ
Received 10 Jul 20072 Bernard Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Sept 2009Mistral Black Street Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Sept 199617 Bewick Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9UJ
Received 22 Apr 20091 Daisy Close Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4PJ
Received 4 Nov 2022Economy Carpets Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Mar 2000Mill Lane (off) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 3 May 2002Records 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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