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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.
18,865 approved · 2,589 refused · 1,173 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Marjoram Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SP
Received 15 Mar 201923 Oak Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8NG
Received 1 Apr 2022146 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AZ
Received 26 Mar 2025Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Oct 2024Oddfellows Arms, Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DG
Received 3 Apr 201434 Lawyer Corys Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TR
Received 17 Mar 2014Town Hall Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF
Received 7 Dec 2000Ravensbourne Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PT
Received 16 Apr 202123 Provan Crescent Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9LW
Received 17 May 20193 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 10 May 201117 Marine Parade Flamingo Amusement Centre Great Yarmouth NR30 2ES
Received 15 Aug 200147 Hawkins Close Great Yarmouth NR30 4AY
Received 3 Oct 2000119 Almond Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8EL
Received 18 Mar 202148 Stanley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4JB
Received 20 Nov 200014 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1EH
Received 30 Oct 1997Ferndene Back Lane Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jul 2003273 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JW
Received 25 Jun 200964 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8HF
Received 9 Sept 20202 Bernard Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6EG
Received 9 May 2016Great Yarmouth Racecourse Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth (land adjacent to) NR30 4AU
Received 21 Oct 2003Old Station House North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jul 199737 Glenmore Avenue Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NX
Received 1 Aug 2017Wild Duck Holiday Park Howards Common Belton with Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9NE
Received 17 Nov 202518 Lucerne Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SW
Received 27 Mar 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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