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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.
20,217 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to Lowestoft Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RN
Received 20 Apr 20218 and 10 Martham Road (between) Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Mar 200514 Beach Road Woodland Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AJ
Received 15 Mar 20181 Fakes Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JL
Received 14 Sept 201521 Blackbird Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RT
Received 20 Oct 19995 Willow Way Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4SH
Received 12 May 201791 Middleton Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7PT
Received 14 Sept 20211 Beach Hut Scratby Green Rottenstone Lane Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 8 Nov 2018Tittlemouse, Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU
Received 3 Aug 2025132/133 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Mar 200038 Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0BB
Received 22 Apr 201386 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6DQ NR31 6DQ
Received 8 Sept 2006St Pauls Lodge Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jul 1996Outside Marina Centre Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jun 1997181 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Feb 2003Bridge Road Plot 4 former Links Hotel site Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Mar 2000Highland House 39 Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HJ
Received 23 Apr 2024Bwell Gym Unit 6 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX
Received 29 Aug 2022Filby All Saints Church Church Lane Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Apr 201125 Beccles Road (Land R/O) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PW
Received 3 Sept 2019Whitegate Farm and adjo land Pasteur Road/High Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Mar 199621 Keyes Avenue Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Feb 19971 Marine Crescent Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Aug 2002109 Alderson Road Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Sept 2004Records 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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