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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.
18,798 approved · 2,577 refused · 1,166 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Amhurst Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Apr 1997Potters Leisure Limited Coast Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9BX
Received 2 Oct 1998Land West of Browston Lane Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DP
Received 6 Oct 20252 Rollesby Road Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 18 Sept 2006The Lodge 2 Barnard Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 4DS
Received 12 Sept 201436 Watsons Close Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BJ
Received 12 Feb 2002Blue Sky Gardens (Development of Land at) Market Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Mar 2011South of The Green and East of Martham Residential Care Home Martham
Received 14 May 20247 Wensum Way (adjacent) Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Apr 2001Former Hospital Site Escourt Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 25 Apr 20121 Buildings Road Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5DX
Received 31 Mar 2011Unit 12 Jones (GC) Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0GA
Received 20 Feb 20131 St Hildas Crescent Gorleston NR31 7QR
Received 21 Mar 20254 Clifton Cottages Town Road Fleggburgh NR29 3AB
Received 17 Mar 2014The Bungalow Tretts Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AT
Received 2 Mar 199949 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EX
Received 17 Jun 2004165 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RG
Received 19 Mar 1997Bridge Gate Court 137 Mill Road Cobholm GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0JA
Received 14 Apr 20212 Howard Street North Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Aug 2003The Bungalow Broiler Farm Mill Lane Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AW
Received 19 Nov 201533 Alder Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PD
Received 8 Nov 201619 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Nov 2002Richard Peters Cars Acle New Road Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Jun 2002North Denes Road Great Yarmouth (Storage Unit)
Received 4 Jun 1997Records 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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