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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
29,070Searchable applications
236Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 22,696 approved or refused records
2,822Refused applications

19,874 approved · 2,822 refused · 1,217 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/96/0094/F

    Alterations and extensions

    Dewbeck View Staithe Road Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Feb 1996
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0507/F

    Proposed construction of detached cottage style dwelling - plot 1

    Plot 1 (Rear of The Paddock) Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JU

    Received 14 Aug 2012
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0590/F

    Repairs, alterations and additions *

    Reflection Fakes Road Newport Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JL

    Received 20 Jun 2003
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0135/F

    Bedroom (front) and Kitchen (rear)

    19 Paddock Close Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9NT NR31 9NT

    Received 6 Feb 2006
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0096/F

    Boundary fence next to public footpath approximately 2 metres high

    12 Rowan Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RY

    Received 7 Feb 2005
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0200/F

    Renewal of planning permission 06/10/0091/F - for storage container only

    East Coast Waste Yard Harfreys Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LS

    Received 7 Apr 2015
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0628/F

    1.8m fence to front side garden

    1 Lincoln Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 11 Jul 2006
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0090/F

    GIS

    Unit 11 Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Feb 1998
  9. APPROVE06/10/0422/CD

    Application to discharge requirements of conditions 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 12 of Planning Permission 06/07/0755/F

    Fritton Lake Church Lane Fritton Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jul 2010
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0675/HH

    Erection of single-storey side extension to provide a ground floor bedroom, shower room and living room.

    42 Durham Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7HF

    Received 13 Aug 2025
  11. WITHDRAWN06/11/0207/F

    Proposed six residential dwellings with garages at land to rear of 156 Burgh Road. New double garage at 156 Burgh Road

    156 Burgh Road (Land to rear of) Gorleston (Part Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Apr 2011
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0514/F

    Variation of 106 Agreement to allow premises to be used as licenced bar

    22 -23 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BA

    Received 11 Jun 2007
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0217/O

    Residential development +

    Waveney House (rear of) Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Mar 2002
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0146/HH

    Proposed demolition of existing rear conservatory and replacement with flat roof single storey extension

    4A Common Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0QG

    Received 24 Feb 2023
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0132/SU

    Convert fourteen flats and seven maisonettes to seven three storey town houses

    1 - 21 Fitzalan Close Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 12 Feb 2007
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/1003/F

    Single storey extension to form front entrance porch *

    18 Cobholm Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Dec 1998
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/1045/F

    GIS

    11 Kennel Loke Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU

    Received 29 Dec 1997
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0183/F

    Dining room extension

    48 Barleycroft Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4NS NR29 4NS

    Received 20 Feb 2006
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0904/F

    GIS

    4 Turin Way Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9RZ

    Received 12 Nov 1998
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0010/F

    Erection of bungalow with integral garage

    3a Beach Close Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Jan 2005
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0680/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/06/0721/F for new pavilion

    Filby Playing Field Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Oct 2009
  22. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0154/F

    Conversion of disused store into one residential dwelling

    11 Broad Row (Rear of) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HT

    Received 10 Mar 2015
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0284/F

    Single storey rear extension to existing office *

    61/62 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AQ

    Received 31 Mar 2003
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0236/F

    The retention of an automated teller machine

    5-7 Kingsway Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JT

    Received 18 Apr 2018

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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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