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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20,238 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 5 Queens Road Business Centre Queens Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 19 Feb 200718A Southgates Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LJ
Received 1 Oct 2018New Wellington Place Havelock Road Great Yarmouth (garages and stores opp No 6)
Received 25 Jul 2002The Spinney 1 Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HY
Received 29 Jan 2009Browston Hall Country Club Browston Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Sept 2000Near Holiday Cottages Hilldrop Cottages Butt Lane BURGH CASTLE NR31 9AJ
Received 24 Nov 202363 Nelson Road North Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AS
Received 14 Jun 202460 Clarence Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Nov 19985 Willow Way Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4SH
Received 3 May 2016King William IV Public House Quay Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PH
Received 23 May 2025Trafalgar House & Old Fire Station Hall Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 2QG
Received 10 Oct 2013Tudor Rose (adjacent) Harfreys Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Apr 20002 The Mews Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TW
Received 15 Jun 2009Land Rear Of 14 Beach Road Scratby Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3AJ
Received 21 Jan 202216 Hogarth Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9QZ
Received 22 Jan 200932 Hawkins Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4AH
Received 17 Jul 2013180 Burgh Road Bradwell NR31 9EH
Received 23 Aug 2024107 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SX
Received 28 Aug 2009Burgh Hall Leisure Centre Lords Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EP
Received 11 Dec 201520 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Oct 19988 Wedgewood Court Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Aug 200355/56 Clarence Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6OR
Received 17 Jul 199824 Marine Parade Fish & Grill GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2EN
Received 21 Dec 2016The Grange High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 7 May 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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