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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
20,822 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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The Old Farmhouse Hall Farm Lords Lane Burgh Castle NR31 9EP
Received 27 Sept 2023Rose Farm Caravan Park Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jul 19943 Swan Close Kingfisher Park Homes Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9FD
Received 12 Jan 201170 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EZ
Received 12 May 20262/4/10/14/16/18/20 Cradock Ave Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jun 1999White Horse Filling Station Beccles/Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BL
Received 2 Jan 1996Land North of Hemsby Road Martham NR29 4QQ
Received 9 Aug 2022Caldecott Hall Estate, Tingdene Caldecott Hall Country Park Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9EY
Received 4 Mar 2025Land adj (West) Scratby Farmhouse Scratby Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PQ
Received 25 Aug 2009Great Yarmouth Racecourse Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AU
Received 19 Mar 200212 White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PQ
Received 25 Nov 2022Oaktree Cottage Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS
Received 9 Jan 2023Tudor Cottage Staithe Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AB
Received 2 Sept 200432 Damgate Lane Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Oct 199930 Bunnewell Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RQ
Received 8 Mar 2013The White House Priory Road St Olaves Fritton and St Olaves NR31 9HQ
Received 20 Jul 202137 York Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2ND
Received 23 Nov 20157 Belstead Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Nov 19991 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JR
Received 17 Mar 202113 Cliff Hill (former White Lion P.H.) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DQ
Received 20 Dec 20101 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RT
Received 15 Sept 199821 Milton Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4HB
Received 13 Aug 2025Riverside Road Retaining Wall Gorleston
Received 14 Aug 202511 Kestrel Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jan 2003Records 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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