Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
19,352 approved · 2,711 refused · 1,191 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Potters Leisure Resort Coast Road Hopton-on-Sea NR31 9BX
Received 12 Jul 2023279 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8TX
Received 11 Oct 20107 Trust Close Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3FB
Received 18 Nov 2022KFC Atlantis Atlantis Tower Resort Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Jun 200464 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 13 May 199932 Grange Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5BA
Received 22 Dec 201113 Marram Drive Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5NR
Received 22 Oct 2002Cranleigh House Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 28 May 200265a/73/83/85/88 Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Oct 200351A St Nicholas Drive Caister NR30 5QT
Received 26 Nov 202474 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QT
Received 29 Apr 2014Unit 31 Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jun 2003Sutfield House 17 White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PQ
Received 16 Feb 1998Wakefield Court Beachside Rottenstone Lane California Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Jan 1998111 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RE
Received 20 Jul 201073 Marine Parade Sunshine Lodge Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 2DQ
Received 25 Apr 200217 Granville Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0DA
Received 6 Jul 1999210 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8QD
Received 14 Sept 202124 Belstead Avenue Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 1 Mar 200718 Viking Close Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6ES
Received 3 Apr 2018Field Farm Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jun 20049 Tudor Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 9UT
Received 8 Apr 19977-9 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 15 Jun 2017Repps Road (Land South of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 13 Nov 2019Records 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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