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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20,822 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
61 Chestnut Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PL
Received 12 Feb 2019143 Bells Marsh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 28 Feb 2007Decoy Barn, Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 4 Aug 20069 Wedgewood Court Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6SU
Received 5 Nov 2021Braewood Adjacent Burgh House Residential Care Home High Road Burgh Castle NR31 9QL
Received 23 Apr 202622 Regent Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1RL
Received 15 May 2003Cherry Trees Winterton Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Mar 1999Norwich Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5JL
Received 16 Nov 2001127 High Street Gorleston NR31 6RE
Received 8 Aug 202516 Marine Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HB
Received 21 Nov 202361/63 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Apr 1998St Peters Plain The Old Pipe Yard Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Dec 199490 Churchill Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4NQ
Received 2 Sept 2008Sutfield House 17 White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PQ NR29 4PQ
Received 15 Mar 2006Plot 5 The Village Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Sept 201183 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JR
Received 9 Feb 20258 Clydesdale Rise Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9UG
Received 13 Jun 201462 River Bank Happidays Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Aug 199614 Burgess Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5XD
Received 6 Sept 199421 Priory Close St Olaves Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9HH
Received 1 Jul 2025Wrights Restaurant 24 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF
Received 12 Jan 2009Town Hall Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Nov 2001Dairy Farm 37 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QE
Received 16 Aug 2024Fishermans Return The Lane Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Nov 2002Records 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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