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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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
5 Common Road (adjacent) Southtown Great Yarmouth
Received 17 May 199526 Beach Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BS
Received 20 Jul 2015Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth (land off)
Received 19 Nov 200214 Broad Row Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Apr 199819 Provan Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LW
Received 19 Mar 201433 Busseys Loke Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 14 May 2002Ivy House Land at the Corner of Addison Rd / Burnt Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR310PA
Received 17 Aug 2020The Old Forge and Feathers New Road Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Aug 2004Hermanus Holiday Centre The Holway Winterton NR29 4BP
Received 6 Dec 2023The Lodge Market Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9EN
Received 3 Mar 2005108 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jan 1995Breydon Water Holiday Parks Yare Village, Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QB
Received 4 Jun 201020 Hill Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Aug 1996Taypen Lodge (Anbecay) Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HJ
Received 23 Aug 200482 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 25 May 19991 Copeman Close Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LD
Received 16 Nov 2017Wilkinson Store High Street Shopping Centre Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Feb 2010Britannia House Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Aug 19971-18 Camperdown Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JB
Received 13 Aug 2009137/138 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jun 1999Half a Mo, Royden Way Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AZ
Received 13 Nov 2014Munnings Court off Harfreys Road Harfreys Ind Est Great Yarmouth (adjacent existing car park)
Received 29 Jul 200371 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NA
Received 3 Dec 2003Fairview Farm Stepshort Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JS
Received 10 May 2021Records 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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