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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.
20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middleton Road Magdalen Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 7AH
Received 27 Nov 2023The Old Hall Hotel Norwich Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JL
Received 2 Dec 2011Filby Villa Barn Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 28 May 2002Burnt Lane (Land off) Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 21 Mar 2014Browston Lane
Received 13 Sept 200113 Sandown Road Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Dec 1995Fritton Warren Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9AB
Received 23 Sept 20252/3 Crown Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JN
Received 1 Jul 2004Transmit Containers Ltd Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX
Received 13 Aug 200325 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 12 Oct 200613 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE
Received 9 Jul 20028 Drift Road Caister-on-Sea NR30 5QQ
Received 27 Mar 202639 Seafield Road North Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LG
Received 12 Jul 200023 Whinchat Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8SD NR31 8SD
Received 23 Jan 200626-27 South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
Received 13 Jun 20254 Villarome Caister-on-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5TQ
Received 29 Jul 201538-41 Camperdown The Embassy Hotel GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3JW
Received 20 Oct 2021H.J's Candy Cabin Ex. Tourist Information Centre Anchor Gardens Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jun 200827 Station Road (land north of) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NJ
Received 25 Jun 2020Plot 20 The Village Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AF
Received 9 Jul 201219 Watsons Close Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BJ
Received 27 Jul 2006Woodland Lodge The Loke Station Road North Belton
Received 11 Mar 19979 Meadow Rise Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Feb 199957 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AL
Received 27 May 2005Records 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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