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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.
20,225 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Caldecott Hall (land at) Fritton Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jun 1996The Hazels Barn Lane Runham Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jul 20015 Deneside Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2HL
Received 15 Feb 201244 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1PA
Received 21 Sept 201571 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PP
Received 26 May 2021Manships Barn Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Jun 19985 St James Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JN
Received 9 May 2005Peartree Cottage Filby Hall Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HN
Received 26 Sept 2023Broiler Farm Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3DA
Received 8 Feb 2024Sunningdale Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU
Received 2 Jul 201233 Thurne Rise Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PU
Received 1 Dec 2010Oakwell Manor Herringfleet Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 10 Jul 200630 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 20 May 20028 Burnt Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 29 Sept 20088 Shire Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9UB
Received 17 Jul 20155-21 The Conge & 33-49 Howard Street North Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 21 Dec 2006Prospect Nursery Prospect House Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Jul 200575 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Sept 1995Former Suspension Bridge Tavern Sidegate Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1JU
Received 6 Feb 202591/92/93 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Jul 19997 Veronica Green Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8LW
Received 5 Apr 2019Suite A & Suite B First Floor Cooks House Morton Peto Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LT
Received 19 Jun 20125 School Corner Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QL
Received 16 Aug 2022Caister Pizza & Kebab House 13 Yarmouth Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 24 Jul 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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