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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.
20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Dene Avenue Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RZ
Received 1 Feb 2016139 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RA
Received 15 Jul 2025White House Farm, The Street West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4EA
Received 25 Jun 2026Deneside House Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2HL
Received 26 Aug 201525 Tillett Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 2 Jun 200667 Marine Parade The Longbar Complex Great Yarmouth NR30 2EJ
Received 16 Apr 2002The Thatchers Thrigby Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HJ
Received 24 Dec 2021Elmside House White Street Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Mar 2001Swiss Cottage 31 North Drive Great Yarmouth NR30 4EW
Received 31 Jan 2024Silverdale 80 Station Road North Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9NN
Received 6 May 2021R/o 2 Station Road North and O/s 104 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NA
Received 4 Dec 202344 North Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LD
Received 13 Feb 2018Copperfield Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Mar 200312 Bullocks Loke Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AE
Received 13 Jul 2010Waveney Coach House Priory Road St Olaves NR31 9HQ
Received 15 Apr 20257 Cooper Close Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Jun 20023 Grange Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5BA NR30 5BA
Received 22 Feb 2007Redwings Caldecott Hall Estate Beccles Road Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EY
Received 19 Sept 2017Hall Farm Clippesby Great Yarmouth (Fleggburgh Parish)
Received 18 May 199834 Warren Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6JT
Received 30 Nov 2007Hall View Martham Road Rollesby NR29 5DU
Received 9 May 202435-36 South Quay Surgery South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
Received 22 Jun 2026Land between South Beach Parade and South Denes Road Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Mar 2026North Drive Great Yarmouth (between north & south arm of Marine Crescent)
Received 6 Jul 2000Records 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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