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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
23,398Searchable applications
247Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 17,892 approved or refused records
2,155Refused applications

15,737 approved · 2,155 refused · 1,030 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0629/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/08/0829/F for use of playing field for market/car boot sales

    Playing Field Waters Lane Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Oct 2010
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0707/F

    Single storey extension to restaurant kitchen and facilities building; Erection of refuse store and new staircase.

    Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9BW

    Received 4 Sept 2024
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0360/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    70 Colomb Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BU NR31 8BU

    Received 14 Jun 2017
  4. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/08/0013/CC

    Demolition of bungalow

    Te-aroha Albert Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JH

    Received 4 Jan 2008
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0486/F

    Construction of sub-station to serve residential development

    Beauchamp Grange (Pointers East) Ormesby Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5QB

    Received 28 Jul 2017
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0498/F

    First floor extension

    95 Rosedale Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PL

    Received 1 Jun 2004
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1028/F

    Conservatory to rear and porch to front of house and double glazed windows

    9 Rockall Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5UD

    Received 3 Nov 2003
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0514/F

    Change of use and conversion of curtilage buildings from stables, workshop and store into a 3-bedroom commercial holiday let use

    Decoy House The Barns Browston Lane Browston NR31 9DP

    Received 21 Jun 2024
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0444/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    5 Ferrier Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1DL

    Received 13 Jun 2016
  10. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0762/CD

    Discharge of conditions 5 of pp. 06/20/0316/F - Details of vehicular accesses and off-site highway improvement works (access, footway provision across site frontage and southward to the boundary of philmar lodge)

    Philmar Lodge Ormesby Lane Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HX

    Received 1 Sept 2021
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0546/F

    Kitchen extension *

    1 Hobland Cottages Hobland Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jun 2003
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0809/F

    Demolition of conservatory and erection of garden room

    17 Leathway Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QA

    Received 12 Dec 2014
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0389/F

    Single storey extension to form sun room

    Honey Pot Cottage Honey Pot Lane East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DZ

    Received 19 May 2021
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0815/F

    Demolition of rear addition and erection of extension to provide new kitchen, lounge, hall and bathroom

    Long Acre Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR31 7JZ NR31 7JZ

    Received 14 Sept 2007
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0037/CU

    Inclusion of unused land into garden of 72 Lawn Avenue *

    72 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 1QW

    Received 17 Jan 2002
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0622/CU

    Conversion/alteration of former residential care home (Use Class C2) to create nine one-bedroomed flats (Use Class C3) - to include lift access to all floors

    10-11 Sandown Road Abbeville Sands GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1EY

    Received 1 Nov 2019
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/14/0730/O

    Construction of 10 no.houses, car parking and open space area

    Yarmouth Road First & Last PH Ormesby St Margaret

    Received 22 Jan 2014
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0737/F

    Demolition of house and erection of new house with garages and swimming pool +

    Bulb Farm West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Sept 2001
  19. Undecided06/19/0501/F

    Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission 06/17/0469/F (Mixed use development incorporating 15 three bed houses, 8 one and two bedroom flats, leisure area and 10 retail units) - Alterations to house types (Retrospective)

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

    Received 5 Sept 2019
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0256/F

    Detached house with integral double garage +

    30 Winmer Avenue (adjacent) Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Mar 2003
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0688/F

    Two storey extension to create bedroom/bathroom and study/ kitchen

    3 West Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 31 Jul 2006
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0085/F

    Provision of annexe to main dwelling for relative

    Sharanda Sandy Lane Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9LT

    Received 26 Jan 2016
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0088/F

    Construction of detached annexe in the garden ancillary to the enjoyment of the occupiers

    Lesanhil 14 Ormesby Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LA

    Received 1 Feb 2018
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0957/CU

    Change of use of dwellinghouse (C3) to House of Multiple occupation (HMO) (C4) for up to 5 residents.

    27C Station Road Hopton-On-Sea NR31 9BE

    Received 7 Nov 2022

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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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