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.
20,226 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 23 Priory View Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jun 19941 Maud Terrace Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 26 Oct 200542 Humberstone Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Feb 2002Tesco Store Pasteur Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0DW
Received 19 May 200531, 35, 39 George Street/ 1/15 Patterson Close (odds) Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Jul 200336 Western Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 24 Apr 2007Marine Parade Atlantis Complex GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2EW
Received 7 Dec 2015Land off Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PY
Received 28 Jun 2023Woodlands & Whitegate Farms Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Feb 200110 Oak Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8NG
Received 12 Oct 201125 Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Jun 2000Surgery (land adj) Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Dec 1997Pavement outside 22 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF
Received 4 Aug 2026Elm Grove New Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JW
Received 21 Jan 2004Thermaglow Factory North Market Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 27 Jan 200629 Faeroes Drive Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 24 May 199931/33 Station Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9BH
Received 8 Feb 2013Clydesdale Drive (Land off) Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 14 Dec 2012Hall Farm Lords Lane Burgh Castle NR31 9EP
Received 21 Dec 2023Market Gates Shopping Centre Great Yarmouth
Received 25 May 1999Copperfields (Adj) Sidegate Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AT
Received 23 Sept 201998 Links Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Aug 2000Hill Cottage West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SY
Received 4 Apr 2008182 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Apr 2002Records 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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