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.
20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18/36 Dashwood Close Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Sept 1997Footpath O/S Unit 11 (Big Mama's Breakfast) Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH NOrfolk NR30 1NL
Received 19 May 20221 High House Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 22 Jan 200773 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 24 May 2006Fritton Lake Countryworld Fritton Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Nov 1994Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jul 199926/27 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2NZ
Received 23 Oct 2002Seabird Works School Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 3 Jul 2007133 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PQ
Received 17 Dec 2012128 Southtown Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0LA
Received 15 Nov 20103-7 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2BB
Received 12 Apr 2021129 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DL NR30 4DL
Received 21 Jul 2006The Hazels (land adjoining) Barn Lane Runham Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Dec 199513 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Apr 1997Elm Beach Caravan Park Manor Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5HG
Received 28 Sept 200054 Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Apr 200031 Whitby Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3TH
Received 3 Dec 2025Hammond Road/Moat Road off Northgate Street Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Nov 199662 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Sept 1994Fritton Lake Countryworld Church Lane Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HA
Received 5 May 2004Hemsby Holiday Centre Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HL
Received 19 Aug 2022Filby Hall (Land adj) Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HN
Received 17 Dec 2018Plot 15 Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 1 Apr 20146 Castle Mews, Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9YL
Received 12 Mar 2025Records 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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