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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.
19,204 approved · 2,666 refused · 1,186 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 1995 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 The Staithe Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LL
Received 14 Oct 199712 Thrigby Road Runham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3EA
Received 19 Jun 2019Brown and Watts Car Sales Suffolk Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Aug 199648 Lark Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SB
Received 21 Jul 201756 The Furlongs (Land adjactent to) Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth, NR30 4AT NR30 4AT
Received 8 Jun 2007Vanguard Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Sept 2004Premises Bells Marsh Road/Baker Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Nov 200984 Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BJ
Received 18 Mar 200324 Pavilion Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BY
Received 14 Jul 2023Tar Works Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1QR
Received 28 Jul 20209 Cloverland Drive Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4JY
Received 4 Nov 20111 Heathfarm Cottages Heath Road Ashby with oby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HN
Received 6 Apr 202225 Whinchat Way (Land adj) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SP NR31 8SP
Received 12 Jan 2016The Kings Centre Queen Annes Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0LE
Received 1 Jun 2009New Farm Bungalow Newport Road Hemsby NR29 4NW
Received 22 Mar 2025Former First and Last Public House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QG
Received 16 Mar 20241 Gatehouse Close Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3FE
Received 7 Oct 201314 Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LW
Received 26 Jan 200933 Beach Road Glenric Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AJ
Received 19 Mar 2019South Denes Road Atlas Quay Warehouses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Oct 201325 St Antonys Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7HQ
Received 13 Nov 20193 Humber Keel Cliff Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TH
Received 14 Apr 2023North Drive Great Yarmouth (opp Imperial Hotel)
Received 6 Jul 2000Oasis Amusements Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HS
Received 11 May 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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