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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.
19,428 approved · 2,730 refused · 1,193 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12A Saw Mill Lane GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0AE
Received 5 Apr 2021The Laurels Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Aug 2004Collis Lane East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DT
Received 27 Apr 200125 South Garden Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6TL
Received 30 Mar 202325-26 St Marys Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JQ
Received 30 Mar 2011Winter Gardens Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Apr 200240 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HH
Received 17 May 2005Great Yarmouth Telephone Exchange 5 North Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1PN
Received 7 Jun 202272 St Annes Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LB
Received 30 Jul 2024The former Ice House Bridge Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0HY
Received 31 Aug 2023The Old Mill Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Oct 1998Outside Marina Centre Marine Parade Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 17 Oct 2006New House (land adj) Tretts Lane Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AT
Received 10 Jun 20161 Gainsborough Avenue (adjo) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jan 2003J Sainsbury St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Nov 1998Shell Garage Caister Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4DL
Received 6 Sept 200117 Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN
Received 17 Aug 2006Brewers Fayre & Premier Inn Runham Road/North River Road NR30 1SH
Received 7 Aug 2014Northgate Primary School Northgate Street GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1BP
Received 5 Jan 2021Sea View (Two Adj Plots) St Marys Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 23 May 200624 Russell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 7QZ
Received 25 Jun 200741 Blake Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4LT
Received 9 Oct 20098 Violet Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8UR
Received 20 Aug 2002Great Yarmouth College Lichfield Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0ED
Received 16 Dec 2020Records 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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