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Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
28,812Searchable applications
236Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 22,475 approved or refused records
2,794Refused applications

19,681 approved · 2,794 refused · 1,206 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jan 1995 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas18 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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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More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0532/F

    First floor side extension

    13 Royal Avenue Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jun 1995
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0140/F

    Demolition of existing care home and construction of 9 residential dwellings (revised to 7 dwellings)

    Clere House Pippin Close Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RW

    Received 17 Feb 2016
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0989/F

    Alterations and two-storey extension to enlarge kitchen, lounge and bedrooms *

    74 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Nov 2002
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0270/F

    Proposed first floor side extension

    249 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JJ

    Received 10 May 2018
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0618/F

    New single storey classroom extension to 'E' block *

    Lynn Grove VA High School Lynn Grove Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP

    Received 20 Jul 2000
  6. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0219/CD

    Discharge of Condition 31 of pp 06/20/0618/F (Development of 30 affordable homes) ; Submission of Verification Report

    Former Estcourt Hospital Ashley Cooper Place Northgate Great Yarmouth NR30 4DN

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0376/F

    Proposed rear extensions with new garage and loft conversions

    5 Leathway Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QA

    Received 19 May 2016
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0460/BF

    Store shed

    66a Riverside Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 May 2004
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0370/F

    Conversion of property to one town house

    5 Row 48 Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 May 1997
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0177/F

    Ground floor single storey rear extension

    62 Century Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0BX

    Received 13 Mar 2014
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0930/F

    Extension to side and rear of existing public house to form new restaurant +

    Railway Tavern Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Oct 2002
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0420/HH

    Removal and replacement of front porch.

    6 Humber Keel Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TH

    Received 27 May 2025
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0271/F

    Demolition of conservatory, erection of garden room and workshop extension to garage

    17 Sandpiper Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JE

    Received 24 Apr 2015
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0589/F

    Demolition of two single garages and erection of three, two-storey three bed houses

    Tollgate Court GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JU

    Received 20 Sept 2017
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0752/F

    Change of use from basement telephone exchange to A3 use *

    25/26 Hall Quay/ 19/20 Regent Street Great Yarmouth (former BT Tele Exch and PO)

    Received 28 Sept 2001
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0829/F

    Access across footpath and verge for car

    69 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PG

    Received 25 Aug 2004
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0643/HH

    Proposed two storey side extension and single storey front extension

    15 Wren Drive Bradwell NR31 8JW

    Received 21 Jul 2022
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0324/F

    Proposed extension over existing first floor balconies and new roof

    Flintstones 15 Beach Road Hopton-On-Sea NR31 9SQ

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0614/F

    Proposed proprietary retractable awning over existing decking in rear garden

    Cliff Hotel Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DH

    Received 19 Sept 2011
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0665/HH

    Proposed front porch and two-storey side extension including garage. Removal of conservatory and utility and erection of single-storey rear extension

    1 Priory Road St Olaves Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9HQ

    Received 6 Sept 2023
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0955/F

    Proposal to replace all rosewood double-glazed timber windows with rosewood double-glazed uPVC windows; communal doors to be replaced with uPVC except D4, D6 and D7 (as shown on plans) to be replaced with aluminium.

    St Augustines Place Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PA

    Received 16 Nov 2021
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0115/F

    Proposed 2 storey and single store rear extensions.

    2 Barnard Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4DS

    Received 16 Mar 2020
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0910/F

    New porch and first floor extension to form bedrooms over existing garage *

    10 St Clement Mews Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Oct 2002
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0475/CU

    GIS

    John Grant Playing Field Caister Great Yarmouth (footpath leading to)

    Received 26 Jun 1996

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What these statistics cover

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.

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