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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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Denes Primary School Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4HF
Received 7 May 20262 Lacons Corner Hall Road Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JB
Received 1 Jul 2022107 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Apr 200870 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2DG
Received 6 May 200334 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LX
Received 27 Sept 201739 St Peters Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3AA
Received 16 Nov 201517 Lords Lane Lords Lane Stores Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Feb 199676 Beach Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NW
Received 13 Feb 2019Ormesby Cottage Main Road Ormesby St Michael NR29 3LN
Received 22 Jul 2011195 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8TX
Received 22 Feb 2002Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth (existing Police mast)
Received 9 Dec 199623 Carrel Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RF
Received 28 Aug 2015St Julian Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Mar 200334 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6AZ
Received 21 Apr 2015Woodland Lodge The Loke Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9WH
Received 13 Dec 20195 St James Crescent Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9JN
Received 19 Nov 2020Broadland Orchard Apiary High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 6 Jan 20001 Drifters Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0GX
Received 16 Aug 202310 Fell Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Jun 2000White Lion Steps Footpath From Cliff Hill To Beach Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DQ
Received 9 Jan 2024SSAF East Anglia Unit Off Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QG
Received 22 Dec 20092 Seagull Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NY
Received 16 Sept 1999Covent Garden Road Tower Caravan Park Caister GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 13 Oct 2014Clere House Pippin Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RW
Received 8 Apr 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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