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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.
20,219 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Westerley Way Caister-on-sea NR30 5AJ
Received 26 May 2022Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 26 Oct 200546 High Street Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EP
Received 3 Aug 2015Sheree-Ville, St Marys Road Newport Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JJ
Received 3 Sept 201340 Heather Avenue Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NN
Received 19 Nov 2014Taut Mila off Clink Hill West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Mar 20001 & 2 Pier Gardens Gorleston on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6BU NR31 6BU
Received 28 Sept 2006Wheel Madness 133 South Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LD
Received 16 Dec 2020Pottersfield (site off) off Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Mar 1999Starboard Cottage 1 Marine Crescent Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Apr 20037 and 12 Cotoneaster Court (land between) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8EH
Received 18 Jan 20194 Hall Quay Hall Quay Club Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Aug 2001The Gardens Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DP
Received 15 Jan 2010382A The Glebe Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JA
Received 13 May 2008Gapton Hall Itinerants Site Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Jun 1994Hemsby Village Hall Waters Lane Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Aug 1997The Grange Fleggburgh Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5AJ NR29 5AJ
Received 17 Dec 200948 Station Road South Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JG NR31 9JG
Received 6 Apr 2017Achever Lodge Penguin Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NU
Received 21 Dec 2016Former Southtown Gasworks Suffolk Road Gorleston-On-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LQ
Received 20 Nov 2020Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (junc of Dock Tavern Lane)
Received 5 Jul 2001The Great Eastern Public House 155 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth NR30 2HZ
Received 14 May 2025158 High Street Howards Estate Agents Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RB
Received 14 May 1997Boundary Road Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jul 1995Records 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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