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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20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PQ
Received 2 Jun 201135 Keble Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7NA
Received 7 Jun 20211 Byron Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4HD
Received 6 Jun 2012Steam Mill Lane Cobholm Great Yarmouth (adjacent Saul's Wharf)
Received 28 Jan 199738 Barkis Road Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Feb 1999The Nurseries Lound Road Browston Norfolk NR31 9DS NR31 9DS
Received 19 Oct 200578 Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QT
Received 15 Mar 201823 Sun Lane (Rear Of) Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PY
Received 8 Jun 2012Gold Rush 35 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2EN
Received 4 Apr 20089 Garfield Terrace Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DG
Received 20 Sept 2012Laburnum Villa 45 Martham Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jan 2005Grange Farm Barn Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HS
Received 1 Aug 201613 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BA
Received 28 Jun 19947 Broom Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PB
Received 15 Mar 2010Purley Court, Unit C2 Gapton Hall Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0LZ
Received 5 Aug 202131 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JG
Received 21 Apr 20099 Oak Tree Close Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QN
Received 4 Oct 20174 Buttermere Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JZ
Received 14 May 2018114 Regent Road McDonalds Great Yarmouth NR30 2AB
Received 9 May 2002Mannings Club and Restaurant Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BN
Received 9 Feb 2001Mannings Club and Restaurant Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Jun 200418 Belstead Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Nov 1995North Drive Disused Tennis Courts Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Sept 1997138/139 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Jun 2003Records 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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