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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
24,066Searchable applications
246Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 18,459 approved or refused records
2,211Refused applications

16,248 approved · 2,211 refused · 1,055 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/05/0455/BF

    Detached house and garage

    The Mill House Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Jun 2005
  2. Not proceeded with06/22/0939/CD

    Proposed discharge of condition 20 of pp. 06/21/0415/F - land contamination report

    Land at south of South Denes Road and South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3QF

    Received 3 Nov 2022
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0113/F

    New shop front, cladding of piers, new fire exit openings

    Former Tesco Supermarket Church Plain Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Feb 2005
  4. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/00/0706/F

    Two-storey extension to provide day room & bedroom; single storey extension to front porch. +

    Fernlea Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Aug 2000
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0073/F

    Change of use of agricultural land for allotments with sheds

    Yarmouth Road (site off) Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NL

    Received 4 Feb 2011
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0386/VCF

    Variation of Conditions 2, 7, 12, 21, 29, 34, 40, 41, 42 and 44 of pp 06/21/0917/F (Conversion of existing barn to 2 dwellings and erection of 44 dwellings and associated infrastructure), to amend the design, appearance and siting of house types, layout of the site access, landscaping and tree protection, and boundary treatments.

    Land south of Somerton Road and White Street East of Church Farm Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 May 2024
  7. NO OBJECTION06/22/0609/TEL

    Installation of 1 x 9m wooden pole (7.2m above ground) for fixed line broadband.

    40A Palgrave Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1QD

    Received 7 Jul 2022
  8. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/20/0036/A

    One fascia sign, one projecting sign and two internal posters

    147 High Street Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RB

    Received 4 Feb 2020
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0465/F

    Extend existing rear extension and replace flat roof with pitched roof

    51 Winifred Way Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 May 2006
  10. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/11/0110/A

    Sign fixed to front elevation

    17-18 Camperdown Sienna Lodge Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB

    Received 2 Mar 2011
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0368/F

    Proposed change of use and conversion into three self contained domestic units with garages

    SSAF East Anglia Old Blacksmiths Workshop Back Lane, Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE NR29 4PE

    Received 3 Jun 2009
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0535/CU

    Proposed change of use of Unit 5 from exclusive use as retail unit (use (class E1a) to gym (as required by former condition - use class E1d) including external alterations and external plant area to rear

    Unit 5 Pasteur Retail Park Thamesfield Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0DH

    Received 16 Jun 2022
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0335/F

    Conversion of first and second floor offices to 2 No self contained flats

    23 Regent Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1Rl

    Received 19 May 2011
  14. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/25/0272/F

    Construction of new industrial unit (B2 Use Class).

    Land to the west of 21 Hemsby Road (adjacent SSAF Window Films Ltd) Martham NR29 4WU

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  15. APPROVE06/15/0337/F

    Variation of condition 7 of P.P. 06/14/0404/F- to remove on-site parking

    Station Road Old Newsagent/Cafe Site Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 15 Jun 2015
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0169/F

    Conversion of garage to conservatory and extension of dormer to side

    22 Orchard Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AY

    Received 3 Mar 2005
  17. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/20/0447/D

    Approval of reserved matters for PP 06/20/0039/O - appearance of detached 3 bedroom chalet style bungalow

    10 Beach Road (Land at) The Stables Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HJ

    Received 28 Aug 2020
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0321/HH

    Proposed conversion and front extension of garage and new pitched roof

    15 Minsmere Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NX

    Received 21 Apr 2023
  19. Not proceeded with06/25/0433/F

    Proposed internal extension of Unit 5

    Hall Farm, Hall Group Beach Road Scratby Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3AJ

    Received 4 Jun 2025
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0524/F

    Proposed vehicular access and car parking space

    127 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AZ

    Received 19 Aug 2010
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0915/F

    Conversion and extension of existing garage to form annexe

    7 The Paddock Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 28 Nov 2005
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0231/HH

    Proposed erection of double garage, single storey rear extension and alterations to roof to form 2no. first floor bedrooms within existing roof space

    The Old Post House Lowestoft Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9AH

    Received 27 Mar 2024
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/1038/BF

    GIS

    6 Lion Cottages The Street Thurne Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Dec 1999
  24. APPROVE06/11/0064/CD

    Proposed building for production of electrical components, associated re-search and development, offices etc, vehicle parking, landscaping, planting, roads and drainage - Discharge of Conditions 4,5,6,7,8 & 15 Re: PP 06/10/0342/F

    Lancelot Road Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Feb 2011

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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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