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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.
20,238 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Blyth Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TG
Received 26 Sept 2014Market Gates Shopping Centre (Land to North of) Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 13 Jun 2006Charles Street Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Oct 1997Strawlands (land north of) Mill Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QW
Received 19 Feb 2018Hall Farm Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PD NR29 4PD
Received 6 Feb 2006Monymusk Bush Road Winterton, GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BY
Received 30 Mar 2015Farside Sidegate Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9AT
Received 16 Mar 2023Decoy Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 9 May 2003Rollesby Bridge (land adjo) Rollesby Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Jun 1998Manor Farm Low Road East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DY
Received 4 Jan 19961 Acacia Avenue Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SQ
Received 18 Mar 2014Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9BW
Received 15 Oct 20252 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PA
Received 13 Jan 199969 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EZ NR31 6EZ
Received 22 Apr 20087 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Nov 1999Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NL
Received 31 Jul 201965 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QF
Received 28 Mar 200217-18 Camperdown Sienna Lodge Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB
Received 16 Mar 2011Unit 31 Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Mar 1996The Lodge Tower Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 14 May 200341 Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Nov 2001Former Eeb Land Welcome Pit Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PD
Received 30 Dec 2011Great Yarmouth VA High School Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Jul 2004Dene House Market Place Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 25 May 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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