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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

23,706Searchable applications

246Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 18,154 approved or refused records

2,186Refused applications

15,968 approved · 2,186 refused · 1,043 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

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

NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/24/0067/TEL
Proposed installation of 9m medium wooden pole for fixed broadband O/S 188 West Avenue, Gorleston
O/s 188 West Avenue Gorleston NR31 6JE
Received 25 Jan 2024
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/14/0762/LB
Use of ground floor for (A3) Restaurant/Café and (B8) storage use. Three residential units on 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors
J J B Sports Plc 22 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1LY
Received 5 Nov 2014
PERMITTED DEV.06/06/0808/F
Proposed single storey extension
4 St Edmund Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7NE NR31 7NE
Received 22 Sept 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0228/F
Single storey extension to existing sales office to form new leisure office
Caister Holiday Park Ormesby Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Mar 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0603/CU
Change of use from retail (A1) to food and drink use(A3) +
47 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BJ
Received 18 Jul 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0366/F
Erection of 1 bedroom house
5 & 7 Repps Road (Site Adj) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4TJ
Received 6 May 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1064/F
Change of use from workshops to two residential units
The Workshops Trinity Place Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 18 Dec 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0533/BF
Extensions, double garage and new access *
Gamekeepers Bungalow Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jun 2002
Not proceeded with06/24/0677/F
Proposed redevelopment of site to residential use. Comprising conversion of 2 buildings to create 8 self contained 1 and 2 bedroom maisonettes and refuge and the construction of 2 new build 3 bedroom dwellings.
Camplings Laundry Ltd Portland Lane Great Yarmouth NR31 0JN
Received 23 Aug 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0708/F
Erection of lean-to conservatory *
Breckland Sandy Lane Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LT
Received 7 Aug 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0010/F
Proposed erection of a brick and timber garden wall
1 Sidney Close Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4TG
Received 7 Jan 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0838/F
Proposed single storey rear extension
12 Grove Road Repps with Bastwick GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 5JL
Received 29 Sept 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0289/F
Single storey translucent roof conservatory to front *
33 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Apr 2001
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/04/0857/LB
Alterations to form six self- contained flats
137/138/139 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Sept 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0217/F
Alterations and extensions to form new kitchen, bedroom/ dining room and shower room
16 Alma Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3BW
Received 22 Mar 2005
NO OBJECTION06/26/0122/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation Area - 26 lime trees to be re-pollarded to previous pollard points.
Land opposite Ormesby Traditional Fish & Chips The Green Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3JT
Received 24 Feb 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0345/F
Proposed side extension
21 St Nicholas Drive Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5QT
Received 6 Jun 2017
Not proceeded with06/25/1102/TRE
Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order - (TPO No. 10 2025 - G1 Poplar) - Remove tree at rear of garden
Cliftonville, Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JS
Received 23 Dec 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0389/F
Proposed rear extension
7 The Willows Oriel Avenue Gorleston (Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth NR31 7JJ
Received 1 Jul 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0369/F
Square upvc Victorian conservatory to rear *
Redmond Drift Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QH
Received 10 May 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0235/F
The erection of a timber cabin for use as a police hut during the summer months
Lower Esplanade Beach Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Apr 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0440/F
Conservatory
45 Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL
Received 2 Jun 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0623/F
Proposed porch, conservatory, rear extension, railings and brick piers, relocation of workshop
87 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 8HA
Received 16 Jul 2007
DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/05/0027/M
Erection of lean-to timber pole barn
Hall Farm Hall Road Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JB
Received 17 Jan 2005

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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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