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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
23,688Searchable applications
246Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 18,138 approved or refused records
2,183Refused applications

15,955 approved · 2,183 refused · 1,043 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/01/0673/F

    New vehicular crossover and driveway *

    79a Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QF

    Received 31 Aug 2001
  2. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/12/0259/LB

    Conversion of ground and first floor offices to six residential flats

    23 South Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2RG

    Received 24 Apr 2012
  3. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0802/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4 of reserved matters approval 06/21/0312/D (Reserved matters for Phase 3 comprising 17 no. dwellings) - Condition 4 - Details of roads, footways, cycleways, street lighting and drainage

    Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0747/F

    Partial demolition of existing rear extensions and construction of new rear extension

    20 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT

    Received 23 Dec 2013
  5. WITHDRAWN06/04/1113/LB

    Alterations to convert former working mens club to eighteen residential flats

    51/52 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Nov 2004
  6. WITHDRAWN06/24/0510/NMA

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 06/23/0914/HH (Removal of hedges, railings and reprofiling verge, and construction of new brick boundary wall and access gates) - to retrospectively amend the approved drawings and raise the height of the new brick wall to a maximum of 2.0m at the piers, with lower infill panel heights.

    Garden Villa Browston Lane Browston NR31 9DL

    Received 19 Jun 2024
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0461/HH

    Removal of existing conservatory; Erection of single storey side extension to provide an additional bedroom.

    1 Elmhurst Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6ST

    Received 7 Jun 2024
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0481/F

    Conversion of first, second and third floors of hotel premises to four self contained residential flats

    52A Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2EJ

    Received 26 Jul 2012
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1205/F

    Extension and garage

    6 Sweetacres Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Dec 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0538/F

    Single storey and two storey front extension

    9 St James Crescent Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JN NR31 9JN

    Received 15 Aug 2016
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0472/F

    Demolition of existing flat roof over lounge and new kitchen extension

    18 Kennedy Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Jun 2005
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0569/F

    Single storey front extension

    Flat 2 Social Centre Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BN

    Received 17 Jun 2004
  13. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/21/0125/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4 & 6 of pp. 06/20/0291/F - Aboricultural impact assessment report and Phase1 Contamination report and details of track upgrades

    27 Station Road (land at rear of) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NJ

    Received 12 Feb 2021
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0175/F

    Creation of fire escape, fire doors and second flat *

    63 North Quay Oxygen Great Yarmouth NR30 1JB

    Received 4 Mar 2003
  15. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/22/0841/TEL

    Installation of 1 x 10m wooden telephone pole for fixed line Broadband

    OS 47 Mallard Way/ 1 Pintail Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8LX

    Received 8 Sept 2022
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0210/CU

    Change of use from horse paddock to storage of touring caravans, with ancillary works

    Mill Farm Mill Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QS

    Received 11 May 2020
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0065/CU

    MoT bay for classes IV and VII and motor vehicle repairs

    Units 8/9 Suffolk Road Suffolk Road Motoring Services Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0LN

    Received 26 Jan 2004
  18. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0635/A

    Two no. flagpole banner advertisements

    Lidl Foodstore Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0DW

    Received 19 Oct 2012
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0523/F

    Reposition garden wall *

    47 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RQ

    Received 27 Jun 2000
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0319/F

    Alterations to existing conservatory. New slate roof with increased pitch. Insertion of rooflights

    28 Warren Road Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 May 2012
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0686/F

    Twenty four new windows on North West and South East elevations

    Pasta Foods Ltd Waveney Mills Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0JB

    Received 27 Oct 2009
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0564/F

    Demolition of existing buildings and construction of two-storey bowling centre with function room on first floor

    Bobbies Diner Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HT NR29 4HT

    Received 27 Jun 2007
  23. APPROVE06/19/0526/M

    Prior approval for proposed grain store for the storage of agricultural produce

    Osier Farm Osier Lane Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JB

    Received 13 Sept 2019
  24. WITHDRAWN06/19/0596/F

    Two storey rear extension

    12 Germander Court Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SN

    Received 25 Oct 2019

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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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