Understanding planning · 13 min read
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20,225 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Larch Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8HJ
Received 9 Sept 2021Winter Gardens South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3AH
Received 24 Sept 202515 Middleton Road General Stores Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Nov 19945 Dorothy Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8NP
Received 10 Dec 20141 Beach Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BH
Received 20 Dec 2004132 King Street (Flat) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ
Received 24 Mar 2017Wingfield Drive Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 9QE
Received 30 Apr 20079 Market Road Place Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Mar 199578 Bulmer Lane Downing Farm Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AF
Received 18 Jul 2003Wild Duck Caravan Park Howards Common Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NE
Received 2 Mar 2023Broadland Nurseries Burghwood Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Mar 200069 Beatty Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4BG
Received 24 Sept 20012 Lowry Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9RD
Received 28 Feb 1995Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ER
Received 10 Nov 1997Manor Farm St Michaels Close Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LT
Received 20 Dec 201134 Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LA
Received 18 Mar 2013Land at Nova Scotia Farm West of Jack Chase Way Caister-On-Sea
Received 16 Apr 202522 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT
Received 25 Jul 2013Vantage House Harfreys Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0LS
Received 5 Jan 20124 Church Lane Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Apr 200833 Rollesby Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jul 19961 Royden Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AZ
Received 28 Sept 2004Land north of Scratby Road Scratby
Received 15 Mar 20244 Homefield Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8NA
Received 2 Feb 2015Records 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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