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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.
20,220 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Old Fountain Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Jun 19942 Campion Avenue Gorleston NR31 7NB
Received 27 May 202525 White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PQ
Received 24 Dec 2009Great Yarmouth VA High School Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LS
Received 21 Oct 2003Rollesby Playing Field Main Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5EH
Received 6 May 20218 Park Road Seahorses Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EJ
Received 18 Jan 2005Ryder House 75 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EZ
Received 1 Aug 2022Sea View (2 Adj garden plots) St Marys Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Aug 2005California Halt California Road Scratby NR29 3QW
Received 25 Jul 2024Cherrydene High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 18 Sept 2008Rookery Cottage Low Road Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EQ
Received 1 Mar 2002Bath Hill Terrace Land to west adjacent Oliver Court Great Yarmouth NR30 2LF
Received 17 Nov 20219 Garfield Terrace Caister on Sea Gt Yarmouth NR30 5DG
Received 19 Oct 2012Burghwell Lodge Market Road Burgh Castle NR31 9EN
Received 11 Dec 2024129a/b/c Lichfield Road Southtown Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Apr 2002Alchemy Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Dec 200226 Kennel Loke Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JU
Received 11 Jul 2018Central Surgery Sussex Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Jun 1998OS 48/50 Almond Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8EN
Received 19 Apr 2023Fritton Lake & Fritton House Hotel Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HA
Received 16 Sept 20082 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3AU
Received 28 Feb 2005133 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8AB
Received 16 Jun 2021147 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PA
Received 21 Aug 201526 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RY
Received 29 Oct 2019Records 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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