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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

29,150Searchable applications

236Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 22,766 approved or refused records

2,830Refused applications

19,936 approved · 2,830 refused · 1,219 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0745/HH
Demolition of existing workshop and outbuilding, erection of a single storey rear extension and loft conversion with rear dormer
5 Holly Terrace Church Road Burgh Castle NR31 9QG
Received 23 Sept 2024
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0225/O
Hot food take away shop with flat over
Site Coast Rd/Old Church Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Mar 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0646/CU
Change of use from bed & breakfast to HMO
Nelson House 10 Kent Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2FX
Received 19 Oct 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0213/F
Demolition of flat roofed extension and freestanding garage; erection of single storey side extension *
The Bungalow Market Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9EN
Received 13 Mar 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0847/F
Renewal of planning permission no 06/98/0729/F for portacabin to run pre-school *
High Street Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Sept 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0666/F
Garage to rear.
9 Linden Tree Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 30 Aug 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0228/F
GIS
43 Sea View Rise Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Mar 1997
PERMITTED DEV.06/13/0281/LDO
Proposed paint shop
Steel Services (Great Yarmouth) Ltd South Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PF
Received 15 May 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0835/F
GIS
Church Road/Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Oct 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0204/F
Two-storey extension to east elevation *
19 Englands Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Mar 2003
EST/LAW USE CER.06/14/0547/EU
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as a single dwelling house
16 Clarence Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DT
Received 20 Aug 2014
Accept Amend Notice06/22/0967/NMA
Non-material amendment for pp. 06/22/0121/F - reduction in size of side and rear extensions
43 Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QN
Received 11 Nov 2022
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0655/F
Proposed loft conversion to provide 2 first floor bedrooms. Relocate front entrance porch with pitched roof
Waveney Cottage River Way Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NR NR31 9NR
Received 3 Sept 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0568/F
GIS
Magdalen Way Methodist Church Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jul 1998
CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0651/CD
Discharge of Condition 9: Details of proposed external lighting, of pp 06/25/0436/F (Erection of a drive-through cafe).
Bradwell Local Centre, Unit 5 Woodfarm Lane Bradwell NR31 9YN
Received 13 Aug 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0828/F
Erection of new dwelling on land between 23 & 25 Bells Road
23-25 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6BB NR31 6BB
Received 12 Nov 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0638/F
Proposed bungalow and garage plot adjoining 5 Cliff Hill
5 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DH
Received 30 Sept 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0201/O
Development of site to create 8 new cottages with garages
Woodland 14 Beach Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AJ
Received 30 Mar 2017
WITHDRAWN06/11/0298/O
Development of land to form three additional dwellings with garages and parking spaces. New double garage to existing house
Laurels Farm High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 6 May 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0046/F
Detached bungalow and garage
Uplands (Adjacent) Uplands Avenue Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JU
Received 21 Jan 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0794/F
GIS
Britannia Pier Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Oct 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0398/SU
New perimeter fencing
Peggotty Road Community Centre Peggotty Road Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Apr 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0604/F
Folding arm awning - area to be used for a smoking shelter
The White Horse Public House Burnt Lane, Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 0PG
Received 6 Jul 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1153/F
Provision of disabled wc and shower facilities
Great Yarmouth Caravan Club Site Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AU
Received 30 Nov 2004

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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.

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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