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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.
20,222 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Marine Drive Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5NP
Received 18 Sept 2014Martham Youth Club Playing Field Lane Matham Norfolk
Received 2 Mar 201143 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NA
Received 1 Nov 1996Itron (UK) Ltd Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PX
Received 11 Nov 2003Martham Water Tower Bensley Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QE
Received 20 Oct 2022Lound Road Browston Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Jan 1996Coastground Ltd Morton Peto Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell
Received 29 Nov 1995High House Lound Road Browston NR31 9DS
Received 3 Jun 2025Holiday Club Pontins Hemsby Holiday Centre Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HL
Received 31 Mar 1998111 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AE
Received 25 Feb 201425 Blackbird Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8RT
Received 30 Mar 202214 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2NX
Received 16 Sept 202112 Fastnet Way Caister on Sea NR30 5TS
Received 3 Jun 2014Unit 1a Boundary Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Aug 200331 South Garden Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6TL
Received 11 Feb 2016159 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Jun 1994Chapman Centre Great Yarmouth High School Salisbury Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4LS
Received 29 Oct 201421/24 Nelson Road South The Redruth Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 3JL
Received 21 May 19996 Kent Square Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Feb 1997Vauxhall House Vauxhall Station GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1SD
Received 16 Oct 2014Castle Stores Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Jan 2000The Collingwood 25-26 Princes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2DG
Received 28 Jul 20097 Blanks Close Mautby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3JF NR29 3JF
Received 26 May 2006University Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QL
Received 2 Jun 2023Records 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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