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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.
19,410 approved · 2,723 refused · 1,193 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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51 North Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1JE
Received 21 Apr 2017130 Nelson Road Central Colonel H GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2JY NR30 2JY
Received 28 Jun 2018North Drive Great Yarmouth (opp 24/25 Shakespeare Rd & 30m south of & opp Milton Rd)
Received 6 Jul 2000Land to the East of Marsh Road and South of Rye Gardens, Fleggburgh NR29 3FJ
Received 21 Apr 2026Land west of Woodfarm Lane (Bluebell Meadow) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Feb 202532 Winmer Avenue Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BA
Received 16 Feb 201529 Breydon Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5RA
Received 8 Nov 20043 Cormorant Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 11 May 200742 Old Church Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BZ
Received 10 Mar 2024Sunninghill Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9JB NR31 9JB
Received 11 May 2007Station Road (land off) Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Sept 2000Howard Street North Norfolk Constabulary Police Station GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1PH
Received 6 Sept 2017Kings Drive (Land to South of) Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 10 May 2013St Edmunds Residential Home 2 & 3 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Jun 2009211 Gapton Hall Road (industrial unit to rear) (Prior Diesel Limited) Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 ONL
Received 28 May 2026Harfreys Road (land off) Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Feb 199636 Roman Way Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5JX
Received 31 Oct 2007Anbecay Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HN
Received 4 Mar 2004Wind Farm Collis Lane West Somerton NR29 4DR
Received 10 Mar 2025Cliff House Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Apr 200127 Station Road (land adjoining rear) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH
Received 26 May 202212 White Street Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PQ
Received 18 Jun 2021Former Meteorological Site Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LD
Received 17 Jan 2013Union Farm Court Road Rollesby NR29 5HG
Received 21 Nov 2024Records 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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