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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.
19,175 approved · 2,660 refused · 1,184 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Albion Public House 87 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, NR31 6SH
Received 26 Sept 200717 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE NR31 9BE
Received 30 Aug 200714 Brooke Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Feb 2000Osiers High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 23 Jun 2003186 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PX
Received 13 Mar 2002Land opposite Jubilee House The Loke Winterton-on-Sea
Received 11 Dec 2025St Georges Theatre King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PG
Received 18 Jun 2021159 Burgh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AX
Received 30 Jan 201953 Kings Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8TF
Received 1 May 201839 Great Court Royal Naval Hospital Queens Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3JU
Received 8 Apr 2023The Grange Hotel Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QG
Received 23 Oct 2025Fastolff House Regent Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1RR
Received 21 Feb 20025 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7LT
Received 27 Jul 201131 Orwell Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Dec 2000The Willows 172 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 3 May 20053 Blood Hills Farm Partridge Corner Blood Hills East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DU
Received 18 Mar 20022 The Green East of England Co-op Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PA
Received 29 Apr 2015Mill Farm House Hemsby Road Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Apr 199892 Pier Plain Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PG
Received 2 Mar 1999Falgate Farm Silver Street Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Aug 2000Tretts Loke (land at) Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jun 2005Land Adj West Cottage Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QH
Received 10 May 2010The Firs Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Jun 1996North Market Road Winterton Great Yarmouth (land adjo Thermaglow) NR29 4FD
Received 9 Nov 2000Records 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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