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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.
19,285 approved · 2,685 refused · 1,189 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Warren Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Hopton Parish)
Received 8 Apr 20038A Deneside Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2HL
Received 24 Jun 2009Brinell Way Great Yarmouth (Unit 4/5 Cooke House)
Received 3 Apr 2003Filby Playing Field Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Mar 2008Yarmouth Road (Land at) Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4WS
Received 30 Apr 20262 Rollesby Gardens Rollesby Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Jul 2002Gapton Hall Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Jun 199635 The Esplanade Scratby Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3NZ
Received 1 May 202417 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HG
Received 21 May 201049 Brooke Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5QY
Received 28 Feb 2013Danby Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BP
Received 19 May 2015Ormesby Middle School North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 17 May 200628 Meadowland Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8TA
Received 11 Jan 2013Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Aug 200014 Ollands Road Bradwell NR31 8TQ
Received 31 Mar 2026180 Burgh Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9EH
Received 25 Mar 2024Old St Margarets Ruins (Grounds) Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 1 May 201340 Fairway Lakes Village Caldecott Beccles Road Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EY
Received 30 Aug 20162 Pipistrelle Close Fleggburgh NR29 3FF
Received 5 Nov 2025Scratby Farmhouse (land adj West) Scratby Road Great Yarmouth NR29 3QP
Received 12 Oct 20113 Barton Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT
Received 21 Sept 200110 Marram Drive Caister-on-sea NR30 5NR
Received 28 Apr 2026Phoenix Pool Widgeon Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JU
Received 29 Feb 201631 Hawthorn Crescent Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8PX
Received 27 Nov 2007Records 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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