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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.
20,214 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8/8a Deneside Great Yarmouth NR30 2HL
Received 4 Oct 2004Playing Field, Village Hall Main Road A1064 Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AG
Received 18 Aug 202623 St Johns Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7JZ
Received 28 Feb 2022The Beeches Lords Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9EP
Received 7 Jul 2022Grange Farm Repps Road Martham NR29 4RP
Received 24 Feb 2025150 Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QZ
Received 21 Feb 201832 Beach Drive Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Aug 1997Upper Wood Farm Upper Wood Barn Browns Lane Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JQ
Received 8 Oct 201956 High Street Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 5 Aug 200810 Hyrn Close Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QY
Received 16 Jul 200358 Bracecamp Close Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3PR
Received 8 May 201842 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DG NR31 8DG
Received 14 Mar 2016Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Jan 1992Pettingills Back Lane West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Dec 199638 Sun Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PY
Received 24 Apr 201735/36 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LX
Received 25 Nov 2003The Pump House Back Chapel Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Jan 200472 Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LA
Received 13 Jan 1999The Old Toilet Block Gorleston Beach Ravine Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DX NR31 6DX
Received 10 Mar 2006Halls Group Limited Hall Farm Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 14 Nov 200512 Sun Lane (adjacent) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Jan 199530 Mallard Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8LX
Received 5 Sept 200857-58 Kings Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PW
Received 10 Jun 20082 Hollow Tree Cottages Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 4 May 2011Records 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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