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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
28,902Searchable applications
236Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 22,554 approved or refused records
2,803Refused applications

19,751 approved · 2,803 refused · 1,209 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 1994 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0640/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/94/0534/F for car sales (30 vehicles) and building

    211 Gapton Hall Road (rear of) Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jul 1995
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0883/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 4 1982) - T1 (Yew) - crown reduction of up to 1.5 metres to reshape; T2 (Yew) - crown reduction of up to 1 metre to reshape; T3 (Yew) - crown reduction of up to 1 metre to reshape.

    12 St Nicholas Court Bradwell NR31 8SH

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0233/BF

    Erection of bat roost *

    Ormesby Water Treatment Works Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Mar 2002
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0788/F

    White upvc Victorian conservatory with brick dwarf wall

    11 Paddock Close Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NT

    Received 16 Aug 2004
  5. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0516/CD

    Discharge of Condition 13 of pp 06/24/0247/F (Demolition of Public house and replacement with three detached dwellings and 3 Bay Carport) ; Details of surface water drainage

    Decoy Tavern Public House Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9AB

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0437/F

    Proposed installation of upgraded telecommunications equipment to mast

    Telecommunications Site Pump Lane Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5TE

    Received 20 Aug 2020
  7. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/23/0562/CD

    Proposed discharge of condition 5 of PP 06/21/0910/F - Scheme of planting and landscaping

    Land at Heath Liveries Browston Lane Browston NR31 9DP

    Received 23 Jul 2023
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0886/SU

    GIS

    Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth (adjacent Multicourt Pitch)

    Received 26 Oct 1999
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0910/F

    Conversion of existing stables to a single storey dwelling house; demolition of tractor store building.

    Land West of The Manor House Browston Lane Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DP

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0237/CU

    Change of use from ex-post office to betting shop

    65 Blackfriars Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3BZ

    Received 29 Mar 2005
  11. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0318/A

    One fascia sign over glazed shop front and one projecting sign *

    125 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RE

    Received 14 Apr 2000
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0873/F

    Extension to form garden room *

    2 Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ

    Received 30 Sept 2002
  13. Not proceeded with06/25/0077/F

    Proposed stable block and hay storage

    Land to the rear of Hill Cottages Lound Road Browston NR31 9DS

    Received 31 Jan 2025
  14. EST/LAW USE REF06/04/0483/EU

    Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as residential

    1 Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 May 2004
  15. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0116/LB

    Removal of part of internal partition wall to form large room suitable for use as a lecture/training room

    244 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Feb 1996
  16. NO OBJECTION06/97/0407/M

    GIS

    South Denes Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 May 1997
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0144/F

    Single storey front porch and garage extension

    10 Mill View Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3ND

    Received 10 Mar 2011
  18. Accept Amend Notice06/22/1078/NMA

    Non-material amendment of pp. 06/20/0375/F - removal of redundant existing laundry room and tower; removal of previously-proposed extension to kitchen/dining room; infilling of existing doorway on north elevation; installation of disabled access ramp to rear

    Boiler house laundry store Charter Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LD

    Received 15 Dec 2022
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0537/F

    Clad existing boat shed with plastisol metal sheeting in vandyke brown colour

    Breydon Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0AJ

    Received 15 Aug 2011
  20. EST/LAW USE CER.06/25/0742/EU

    Application of a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use for confirmation that the site has 'operational land status' as defined by Sections 263 and 264 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

    Substation, Gorleston Lane off Woodfarm Lane Bradwell Norfolk NR31 9AF

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  21. EST/LAW USE CER.06/19/0131/EU

    Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use - HMO

    14 Crown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2JN

    Received 26 Feb 2019
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0271/F

    Conservatory

    63 Beach Drive Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NP

    Received 23 Mar 2004
  23. Accept Amend Notice06/14/0364/NMA

    Replacement of kitchen window facing the rear garden with a patio door. Relocation of east facing window to the left. Retain the original window in the proposed first floor family bathroom.

    146 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QZ

    Received 11 Jun 2014
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0647/F

    Replacement of current timber windows

    60-65 Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2HL

    Received 27 Sept 2016

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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.

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