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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
23,904Searchable applications
246Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 18,315 approved or refused records
2,199Refused applications

16,116 approved · 2,199 refused · 1,049 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0753/F

    Change of use from A1 (Retail) to A3 (Restaurant/Cafe) & A4 (Drinking Establishment) together with external alterations and roof terrace

    61 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AL

    Received 30 Nov 2009
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0270/F

    Erection of new bungalow

    19 Easterley Way Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Apr 2005
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0511/F

    Proposed new glazed lobby to be built around store entrance to stop wind/rain blowing into store entrance.

    Tesco Superstore Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL

    Received 3 Aug 2009
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0043/F

    Portacabin unit (20' x 9') sited at rear of warehouse

    Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ER

    Received 19 Jan 2004
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0843/F

    Conservatory to rear

    2 Grove Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5JL

    Received 26 Sept 2007
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0693/F

    Erection of front entrance porch

    13 Palgrave Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QA

    Received 19 Sept 2008
  7. Undecided06/26/0615/LB

    Retrospective Listed Building Consent for the removal of original chimney stack and fireplace.

    142 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PQ

    Received 3 Aug 2026
  8. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/25/0523/PDE

    Application for Prior Approval for a larger home extension: Construction of a 3.4m-deep single-storey rear extension.

    50 Leman Road Gorleston NR31 6DE

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0719/F

    Erection of a storage warehouse

    Riverside House Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PX

    Received 19 Nov 2010
  10. NO OBJECTION06/22/1084/TEL

    Installation new sidepod/cab to existing DSLAM cabinet for fixed line broadband

    Highways Verge Adj Seadell Shops Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HZ

    Received 19 Dec 2022
  11. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/1025/CD

    Discharge of condition 8 of pp 06/20/0156/O - Provision of electric vehicle charging points

    Land off Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret

    Received 22 Nov 2022
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0897/SU

    'Welcome to Great Yarmouth' sign placed above dynamic car parking sign

    Acle New Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Sept 2004
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0364/F

    Removal of Condition No 5 of PP 06/10/0067/F to remove occupancy restriction

    Stone Cottage Castle Lane West Caister NR30 5SN

    Received 14 Jun 2010
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0072/CU

    Change of use of unit No. 3 from retail to storage

    Unit No. 3 Seadell Shops 1 - 3 Beach Road, Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HS

    Received 10 Feb 2010
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0817/F

    Two-storey office building, new access road, car parking and associated hard and soft landscaping

    Beacon Park South Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Aug 2004
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0007/F

    Construction of brick and white UPVC conservatory to rear

    8 Sycamore Avenue Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Jan 2006
  17. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0139/A

    Renewal of p.p. 06/11/0802/A for 'V' shaped low level road sign with 4 No: associated directional lights

    Church Lane Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HA

    Received 7 Mar 2013
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0772/F

    Conversion of eight holiday flats to five residential flats

    12 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Aug 2004
  19. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/11/0179/F

    Proposed new residential dwelling at land adjacent to 1 St John's Avenue (existing garden with car parking space)

    1 St John's Avenue (land adjacent) Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Mar 2011
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0348/HH

    Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding and construction of single storey side extension

    2 Wapping Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JY

    Received 21 Apr 2022
  21. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/04/0194/A

    Retrospective application for banner

    165/166 King Street Red Square Vodka Bar Great Yarmouth NR30 2PA

    Received 1 Mar 2004
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0489/F

    Retention of a static caravan for use as a shelter in relation to management of the associated surrounding land for livestock (for a temporary period of 5 years)

    Acorn Meadows Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DN

    Received 7 Jun 2022
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0929/F

    Rear extension *

    3 Russell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QZ

    Received 27 Nov 2001
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0808/F

    Renewal of planning permission 06/13/0609/F for erection of one detached two-storey dwelling

    Willowmead (adj) Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QG

    Received 5 Jan 2017

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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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