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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Great Yarmouth website
20,767 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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33 Oak Tree Close Martham NR29 4QN
Received 18 Feb 20267 Claxtons Gardens Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BF
Received 16 Dec 2019Asda Stores Ltd Acle New Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jan 200918 Bell Lane Belton Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 8 Dec 20066 Burghwood Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Sept 2000Heritage 8A Martham Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LS
Received 15 Jun 2017Bell Public House The Street Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4EU
Received 10 Oct 20084 Swirles Place Great Yarmouth NR30 2DY
Received 27 Mar 1995102 Hamilton Road Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Dec 1996Beech Croft Station Rd Ormesby St Marg Great Yarmouth (land adjoining building plot adjacent to)
Received 3 May 2001Fairview Farm Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JS
Received 14 Jun 2023Waterworks Road (land off) Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LR
Received 14 Jul 2021Captains Cottage The Lane Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BN
Received 28 Aug 201247a Camden Road Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Nov 19954 Arnott Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Oct 199738 Whimbrel Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9UN
Received 10 Nov 2003Desira Motor Company North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1RD
Received 24 Jan 1997The Nurseries Lound Road Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DS
Received 27 Feb 202033 Well Street Great Yarmouth
Received 3 May 1995Galbraith Church Lane Clippesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BL
Received 1 Nov 201969 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth (front Blackwall Reach and rear of No 69)
Received 8 Aug 200329 Hall Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PD
Received 29 Jul 201913a Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0HU
Received 29 Nov 200276/77 Avondale Road The Poplars Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Oct 1994Records 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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