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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
21,871Searchable applications
247Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 16,617 approved or refused records
2,036Refused applications

14,581 approved · 2,036 refused · 966 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jan 2002 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/25/0054/PAD

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for the change of use of part of the first floor (Suite 2) from Office (Use Class E(g)(i)) into 2no.1-bedroom self-contained residential dwelling flats (Use Class C3) (Class G, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015).

    Suite 2, The Gift House Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PU

    Received 24 Jan 2025
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0478/F

    Shower room and day room to rear for disabled child

    8 West Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RR

    Received 22 Jun 2005
  3. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/23/0473/PDE

    Prior approval for proposed: Larger home extension (rear single storey)

    141 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7EE

    Received 28 Jun 2023
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0361/F

    Extension to existing porch with WC

    4 Thurne Way Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3SQ

    Received 3 May 2016
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0487/F

    Renewal of application 06/19/0394/F - to allow access to customers into the shop and deliveries of cooked food to be made between 15.00 and midnight on Fridays & Saturdays only

    9 The Green Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4 P

    Received 22 Sept 2020
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0342/F

    Demolition of existing garage. Erection of new garage

    11 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HL

    Received 12 May 2014
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0124/F

    Rear and side extensions to form new kitchen/garage and en-suite facilities *

    14 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Feb 2003
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0665/F

    Proposed new garage

    7 Clover Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RH

    Received 22 Nov 2019
  9. DETAILS NOT REQ'D Conditions/Reasons06/22/0030/PAD

    Application for Prior approval - Conversion and change of use of first floor commercial premises to one residential flat

    167 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PA

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0665/F

    Convert bakery building to cottage & removal of extensions in connection with bakery

    2 & 4 Old Church Cottage Station Road Hopton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth, NR31 9BE

    Received 12 Oct 2009
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0966/HH

    Infill single-storey extension between existing house and detached double garage; Conversion of part of garage to form a study: Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension.

    1 Blake Drive Bradwell NR31 9GW

    Received 10 Nov 2025
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0555/F

    Proposed 2 no. residential flats

    152 King Street (land rear of) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PA

    Received 14 Aug 2015
  13. Undecided06/26/0036/CD

    Discharge of Condition 26 Part A of pp. 06/19/0676/O (Outline planning application with all matters reserved, except access, for up to 665 dwellings) - Submission of archaeological written scheme of investigation (Phases 2 & 3)

    Land at Nova Scotia Farm West of Jack Chase Way Caister-on-Sea

    Received 14 Jan 2026
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0382/F

    Single storey extension to the rear and a separate single storey extension to the side

    6 Chapel Terrace Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NJ

    Received 12 Jun 2013
  15. APPROVE06/19/0362/LDO

    Construction of new facilities building, external canopy, wash down, machine shop, paint shop, yard area, security fences and gates

    Site 11 Hydra-Rig Excalibur Road Beacon Park Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RQ

    Received 2 Jul 2019
  16. NO OBJECTION06/22/0836/TEL

    Installation of 1 x wooden telephone pole for fixed line Broadband

    O/S 17 Chapman Avenue Caister on sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5HS

    Received 23 Sept 2022
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0921/BF

    Erection of stable block and barn for the care of horses

    West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth (land south of)

    Received 22 Sept 2004
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0702/CU

    Change of use from existing storage of caravans to holiday campsite (11 pitches) and ancillary improvements to highway access and junction

    Pansy Villa Lawns Lane Belton NR31 9JQ

    Received 22 Nov 2012
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0612/O

    Renewal of PP 06/07/0708/O - Res development three chalet bungalows with garages revised re-submission of 06/06/0995/O

    22 Beccles Road Shamrock Motor Co Ltd Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DF

    Received 1 Oct 2010
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0044/TRE

    Proposed felling of T1 - Eucalyptus; Works to T2 - Oak - Reduction of 2m of branch length & deadwood

    1 Burgh Hall Residential Caravan Park Tower Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3DW

    Received 17 Jan 2022
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0341/F

    Pitched tiled roof over existing felt flat and part pitched roof *

    115 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HR

    Received 10 Apr 2003
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0419/F

    First floor extension to form 2 no. bedrooms, porch addition and change of use of public open space land to residential

    2A Victoria Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6EH

    Received 19 Jun 2018
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0133/F

    Proposed partial conversion of existing integral garage and first floor extension

    6 Paddock Farm Drive Filby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3JL

    Received 8 Mar 2011
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/19/0498/A

    Proposed new signage to replace that of existing

    184-185 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LS

    Received 4 Sept 2019

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