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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.
19,447 approved · 2,733 refused · 1,194 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE
Received 10 Apr 2001Mulberry House, 52 Beach Drive Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NP
Received 3 Aug 2026OS 1 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7JR
Received 3 Apr 202315A Damgate Lane Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4PZ
Received 19 Mar 202161/62 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AQ
Received 22 Dec 2004Blackfriars Road/Well Road Great Yarmouth (former manager's residence forming part of Tower Curing Works)
Received 6 Feb 20011 Rose Cottage, Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 31 Jul 2006Oaklea Sidegate Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AL
Received 16 Feb 201071 Westerley Way Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5AP
Received 14 Jul 2014Mill Road/1 Dolman Close Cobholm Great Yarmouth (former Post Office)
Received 27 Apr 200131 Market Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1PB
Received 12 Nov 199733 West Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jul 2004Cavalier Lodge Kennels Oak Farm Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HQ NR29 5HQ
Received 5 Oct 20067 St Margarets Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3DN
Received 10 Sept 20075 Seafield Close GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3JN
Received 11 Nov 201991 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HA
Received 18 Jan 199911 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1YT
Received 7 Aug 202449 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Mar 20052 Hillside Cottages North Market Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BH NR29 4BH
Received 13 Apr 2010Dowe Hill Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PJ
Received 16 Nov 200059 Beccles Road (Land rear of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jan 201412 Cliff Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfok NR31 6JY
Received 25 Jun 20202 Eels Foot Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 20 May 2004184 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Aug 1996Records 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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