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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
22,929Searchable applications
247Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 17,509 approved or refused records
2,122Refused applications

15,387 approved · 2,122 refused · 1,009 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2000 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records

  1. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/19/0378/A

    Replacement of signage

    2 High Street Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EP

    Received 2 Jul 2019
  2. APPROVED BY NCC06/04/1034/SU

    Extension to main entrance and administration areas of school

    Bradwell Hillside First School Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PA

    Received 27 Oct 2004
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0152/F

    Minor internal alterations and new balconies to Flats 1-4 and roof terrace to Flat 6

    151 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2GB

    Received 27 Feb 2008
  4. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/17/0161/CD

    Proposed detached chalet bungalow rear of Elmgrove Court - Discharge of condition 3 re: 06/14/0085/F

    Elmgrove Court (Land rear of) Elmgrove Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7PS

    Received 20 Mar 2017
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0385/F

    Single storey rear extension and new car shelter

    Myrtle Cottage Low Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth NR29 5AH

    Received 14 Jun 2011
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0286/F

    Erection of two double garages with ancillary residential in roof space

    The Paddocks Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HT

    Received 4 Apr 2008
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0362/F

    Extension over existing garage

    Brambles, Barn Lane Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EF

    Received 5 May 2005
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0034/F

    Extension of existing take-away kiosk to provide further kitchen and preparation areas

    Kiosk (The Fruit Stall) Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HS

    Received 19 Jan 2011
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0469/F

    Mixed use development incorporating 15 three bed houses, 8 one and two bedroom flats, leisure area and 10 retail units

    90 and 102 Regent Road (land between) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AH

    Received 26 Jul 2017
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0126/F

    Side and rear 2 storey extension. Rear and front single storey extension

    6 Bramble Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PE

    Received 4 Mar 2011
  11. Undecided06/26/0644/HH

    Proposed single storey rear extension.

    40 Sea View Rise Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SE

    Received 11 Aug 2026
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0058/F

    Proposed new flat roof garage

    Plot 1 9 St Hughs Green Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7NG

    Received 14 Jan 2021
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0220/F

    Proposed redevelopment of the existing ancillary pitch and putt / golf course to provide for the installation of 110 bases for the siting of static caravans with associated landscaping, drainage and utility infrastructure, access, car parking and lighting.

    Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton on sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9BW

    Received 23 Mar 2023
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0497/F

    Alterations and extension to enlarge existing utility room

    38 Nightingale Close Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3NR

    Received 4 Jun 2007
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/1115/O

    Residential development comprising two- and three- bedroomed units

    Lucas Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0DE

    Received 22 Nov 2004
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0046/F

    Construction of new village hall

    Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Jan 2010
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0195/CU

    Change of use to include an A3 community cafe, in addition to a place of worship

    Baptist Church North Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RS

    Received 30 Mar 2015
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0356/F

    Single storey rear extension

    19 Bracecamp Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 3PR NR29 3PR

    Received 13 Apr 2007
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0721/F

    Proposed garage conversion with first floor over

    31 Kennel Loke Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JU

    Received 1 Nov 2016
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0531/F

    Change of use for twenty additional caravan pitches & twenty additional tent pitches

    Rose Farm Touring Park Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 12 Jun 2006
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0652/F

    Proposed first floor rear extension over existing ground floor extension with pitched roof to match

    32 Lancaster Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2NQ

    Received 31 Jul 2021
  22. PERMITTED DEV.06/15/0166/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - Proposed single storey rear extension

    1 Roseview Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8UP

    Received 16 Apr 2015
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0460/F

    Single storey side extension

    Wilford Church Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5JP

    Received 24 Jul 2017
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0792/O

    Erection of a small 2/3 bed detatched affordable house with off road parking

    2 Coronation Avenue Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5EP

    Received 8 Dec 2011

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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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