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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
24,763Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,053 approved or refused records
2,282Refused applications

16,771 approved · 2,282 refused · 1,088 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 1999 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/14/0839/F

    Renewal of PP 06/13/0683/F for timber outbuilding to house saltwater tropical fish & corals for a wholesale business

    5 Wight Drive Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5UN

    Received 19 Dec 2014
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0007/BF

    Conversion of disused church into single dwelling

    Former Methodist Church The Green Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3EX

    Received 7 Jan 2004
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0527/F

    Renovation of show bar and arcade, including new entrance lobby, internal and external alterations, new kiln building and mechanical plant

    Seashore Holiday Park North Drive GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4HG

    Received 17 Sept 2019
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0295/CU

    Change of use from Charity Shop (A1) to Letting & Property Management Office (A2)

    76 Howard Street South (Second Time Around) Great Yarmouth NR30 1LW

    Received 14 May 2013
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0410/F

    Change of use from storage to motorcycle maintenance repair testing (MoT) and ancillary sales *

    A-One Motorcycles Estcourt Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4JQ

    Received 24 May 2001
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/01/0261/F

    Domestic garage extension; change of use of land enclosing garage & new vehicular access +

    Primary House (land adjoining) Horsey Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DW

    Received 29 Mar 2001
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0727/F

    Extend pantiled roof over shop into thatch. Remove valley gutter and chimney stack

    Shop & The Cottage 17 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Oct 2008
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0929/F

    UPVC conservatory with dwarf brick wall

    16 Cormorant Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 2 Dec 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0633/F

    Three bungalows and garages

    Land off Black Street (rear of No. 23) Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 17 Jul 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0191/TRE

    Proposed works to trees - T1 Oak - Reduce whole crown by upto 2m - T2 Oak - Reduce whole crown by upto 1.5m - T3 Oak - Reduce whole crown by upto 1.75m

    2 Cotman Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RE

    Received 8 Mar 2023
  11. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/25/0300/TEL

    Proposed Installation of 1 x 10m light wooden pole for fixed broadband purposes

    Site opposite 1 Vine Close Hemsby NR29 4HQ

    Received 11 Apr 2025
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0314/CU

    GIS

    5 Euston Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DX

    Received 15 Apr 1999
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0554/F

    10 two bedroom flats on the site of a disused dairy depot. Demolition of existing sheds

    Disused Dairy Depot Behind No 59 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8DH

    Received 25 Jul 2008
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0591/VCF

    Proposed variation of condition 9 of Planning Permission 06/96/0036/F to extend period of holiday occupation from 1st February in any year to 14th January in the following year.

    Hemsby Belle Aire Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HZ

    Received 25 Jul 2023
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0929/F

    Part retrospective application - External wall moved by 0.4m in rear single storey extension, and provision for a pergola to replace brise soleil.

    45 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EX

    Received 28 Oct 2022
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0831/F

    Proposed barriers to become semi permanent from 1st March to 1st November

    54 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2EJ

    Received 27 Sept 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0244/F

    To extend existing garage providing playroom utility room & bathroom

    53 Durham Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7HF NR31 7HF

    Received 8 Mar 2006
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0272/F

    Two-storey extension and new garage *

    Hillcroft Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Mar 2003
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0127/F

    Erection of bungalow at rear of property

    11a Grange Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5BA

    Received 4 Mar 2010
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/13/0518/F

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

    20 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT

    Received 30 Aug 2013
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0660/F

    Change shop store area into bed sit

    37 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AV

    Received 5 Sept 2008
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0529/F

    Ground floor extensions, lean-to pitched to flat roof and associated works

    Coastground Limited Morton Peto Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 18 Sept 2018
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0396/F

    1.8m garden wall to the rear of the house enclosing the rear garden (replacing current hedge)

    23 Ormesby Road Hill House Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QJ

    Received 24 Jun 2013
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0209/F

    Conversion of existing dwelling to create 2 no. self contained maisonette flats, including two storey rear extension (revised plans to include 2 new windows)

    23 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AR

    Received 19 Mar 2026

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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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