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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.
18,880 approved · 2,591 refused · 1,175 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Old Church Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BZ
Received 23 Oct 2003South Yarmouth Area Housing Office King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2AR
Received 16 Dec 20258 Busseys Loke Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HG
Received 3 Apr 200228 The Green Selwyn House Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PA
Received 1 Dec 2003Dove Cottage 1 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JG
Received 16 Nov 20227 Newarp Way Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Mar 1997Caldecott Hall Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9EY
Received 10 Jun 20116 Cob Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9UQ
Received 19 Oct 202232 Kennel Loke Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Parish of Hopton)
Received 16 Jan 2013St Pauls Church Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DD NR30 4DD
Received 24 Sept 2007Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jul 20099 Fell Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9UF NR31 9UF
Received 29 Mar 2005263 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Sept 1996Fairview Farm Stepshort Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JS
Received 10 May 2021Fairview Farm Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JS
Received 10 Feb 199839 Station Road South Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JG NR31 9JG
Received 12 Oct 201624 Kennel Loke Hopton-on-sea NR31 6JU
Received 29 May 2026Watsons Close Hopton Great Yarmouth (Plot 19) (No 29)
Received 13 Feb 2003Caister High School Windsor Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LS
Received 31 Jul 2009The Barking Smack Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3AH
Received 27 Jul 19981 Browston Corner Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DJ
Received 11 Aug 2020Sycamore House Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AG
Received 17 Apr 20003 Decoy Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LG
Received 17 May 201813 Bridge Meadow Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NE
Received 17 Mar 2005Records 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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