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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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Queensway Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AF
Received 1 Nov 20022 Baillie Close Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RT
Received 18 Jun 2015Manship Farm Barn Main Road Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LN
Received 8 Aug 2018110 Yarmouth Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BT
Received 6 Apr 202120 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Aug 2004Conifers Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5ET
Received 23 Jun 200313a Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF
Received 12 Apr 2002Land off West End West Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 17 Aug 20071 Anchor Court Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0QJ
Received 8 Jun 1999Gainsborough Court Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JL NR30 3JL
Received 29 Jan 201092 Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7HE
Received 17 Sept 2010Caerleon House Norwich Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JR
Received 15 Mar 2013McDonald's Restaurant Purley Court Gapton Hall Retail Park Great Yarmouth NR31 0NL
Received 1 Nov 2004Aldi Store Fullers Hill Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Feb 199810 Kennel Loke Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU
Received 27 Aug 1999Bridge Gate Court 137 Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0JA
Received 18 Oct 202326 St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Dec 1995Former Palmers Store 37-39 Market Place Geat Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1LU
Received 27 Sept 2023Suite 1, The Gift House Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PU
Received 24 Jan 202518 The Fairway Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JS
Received 27 Mar 2018Opposite 30 Common Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0QG
Received 20 Jun 202335 Station Road South Waveney House (rear of) Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 1AL
Received 10 May 20042 Paget Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7RP
Received 5 Dec 2011Economy Carpets Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Mar 2000Records 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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