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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.
19,350 approved · 2,711 refused · 1,191 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
137 High Street (Former Nat West Bank) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6YY
Received 15 Mar 2019Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1TB
Received 12 Jun 2018139 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 27 May 20047 Long Beach Estate Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4JD
Received 19 Apr 2000Plots 1-14 Badgers Reach off Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Nov 199711 Regent Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1RN
Received 24 Feb 202063 Burnt Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 14 Oct 201014 Addison Road (Land Adj.) Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Oct 1995Market Gates Shopping Centre GREAT YARMOUTH (Unit C) NR30 2BG
Received 2 Mar 2021Barn Lane (site of Evergreen) Runham Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Aug 1999K and F Enterprises Ltd Rollesby Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AR
Received 24 Apr 2009East side of Pasteur Road (Land at) Pasteur Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0HB
Received 16 Aug 202119 Poplar Drive Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jun 1999South View Rollesby Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Nov 1995Church Farm Country Club Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Aug 199616 Whinchat Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SD
Received 15 Oct 2014Aldeburgh House New Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HR
Received 18 Mar 19989 Chestnut Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8PL
Received 6 Feb 200810 Fulmar Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8JG
Received 27 Nov 202024 Colomb Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Oct 20026 Tyne Mews Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5UJ
Received 8 Jun 20042 Queensway Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AF
Received 23 Aug 201710 Fallowfield Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR29 4NT
Received 29 Oct 20076 Rectory Close Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HW
Received 9 Sept 2004Records 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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