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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.
20,208 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Busy Bee Farm Wick Lane Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HF
Received 3 Jul 201821 Thurne Rise Martham Norfolk NR29 4PU
Received 13 Apr 2021The Old Carpenters Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Sept 1997Old Hall Farm The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT
Received 7 Sept 20115 Caledonian Way Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PQ
Received 8 Jun 200416 Stradbroke Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Jan 199512 Uplands Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JU
Received 28 Apr 2014Rose Farm Touring Park Stepshort Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JS
Received 15 Aug 2016115 Northgate Street (west of) Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jul 1999Mitchell Drive and Jones (GC) Way (Land off) Plot 3 GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0GA/0GB
Received 16 Mar 201868 Crab Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8LT
Received 9 Sept 1998308a Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AL NR31 8AL
Received 27 Nov 19962/3 Marine Parade Alexandra Court Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 9 May 1995The Oaks New Road Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HR
Received 21 Sept 20175 Alder Avenue Martham NR29 4FA
Received 9 Oct 2024Adj Gateway House School Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth NR30 1LA
Received 30 Aug 20244 St Marys Court Albion Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 12 Mar 2007Lidl Pasteur Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DW
Received 18 Apr 201617 Elmgrove Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PP NR31 7PP
Received 10 Oct 2007Trinity Barn, Westfield Close Burgh St Margaret Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3DQ
Received 2 Apr 200742 Diana Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5TP
Received 1 Jun 2018Former Filling Station & House Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Aug 1998The Tee Shirt Shack, J5, The Jetty Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3AH
Received 29 Mar 2021Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth NR30 0ER
Received 25 Sept 1997Records 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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