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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
24,891Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,158 approved or refused records
2,291Refused applications

16,867 approved · 2,291 refused · 1,094 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0242/CD

    Discharge of Condition 23 of pp. 06/20/0156/O (Residential development of up to 33 dwellings with access road and area of public open space) - Submission of details of a scheme for the provision and location of fire hydrants

    Land adjacent Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0582/F

    Replacement of windows

    1 and 5 Church Court Priory Plain GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NS

    Received 28 Oct 2020
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0268/F

    Change 8 flats to two separate dwellings, leave one existing self-contained flat, create separate entrance *

    25/26 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 27 Mar 2000
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0261/F

    Positioning of portacabins for classroom and changing room

    Shuttleworth Close Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NQ

    Received 6 Apr 2005
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0326/F

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 06/15/0046/F - changing design of windows

    18 South Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2RG NR30 2RG

    Received 12 Apr 2016
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0732/F

    Division of existing 3 bedroom multi-storey residential house to create two new maisonette style residential dwellings

    53 Howard Street South GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PT

    Received 21 Dec 2018
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0135/F

    Single storey rear extension, conversion of one garage to form a steam shower room

    5 Dove Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QY

    Received 6 Mar 2012
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0391/F

    Extension and alterations to bungalow to provide additional living space plus detached single garage

    2 Greenhill Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5NY

    Received 17 May 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0038/F

    Change of use to shop and two residential flats

    9 South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH

    Received 16 Jan 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0730/CU

    Change of use from open space to private garden

    35 Meadowsweet Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BF

    Received 7 Nov 2016
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0289/F

    Alterations to replace glass roof with tiled pitched roof *

    17 Longfellow Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Apr 2003
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0330/F

    Proposed side extension and garden outbuilding

    28 Willow Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JH

    Received 8 Jun 2018
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0632/F

    Vary condition 9 of pp 06/06/0229/O to allow the first section of access road to be completed and the remainder hard surfaced once the development has been finished

    31 Yarmouth Road Caister-On-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL

    Received 21 Sept 2011
  14. NO OBJECTION06/12/0369/MM

    GPDO part 24 application - one BT Broadband Cabinet

    O/S Norfolk Square, Wellesley Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1EU

    Received 8 Jun 2012
  15. APPROVE06/20/0515/PAD

    Proposed agricultural store

    Land off New Road Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 19 Oct 2020
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0103/F

    Replace existing 0.91metre (3ft) wall with 1.8 metre (6ft) fence with access gates.

    15 St Furseys Way Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QU

    Received 18 Feb 2014
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0623/F

    Rear extension to form verandah and conservatory *

    172 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8AX

    Received 13 Aug 2001
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0656/F

    Erection of storage building with RC pad area and gantry for test area.

    Gapton Hall Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 24 Aug 2005
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0583/F

    Single storey rear extension

    31-33 Church Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8QW

    Received 15 Sept 2017
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0714/F

    Reconstruction of existing building for storage

    68/69 North Market Road (Site to rear of) Great Yarmouth NR30 2DX

    Received 28 Nov 2012
  21. EST/LAW USE REF06/24/0274/PU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development, for the demolition of an existing single storey rear store and the erection of a new single-storey rear extension.

    18 Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston NR31 7EZ

    Received 16 Apr 2024
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0678/F

    Proposed single storey dining room extension

    8 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DB

    Received 9 Nov 2010
  23. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/05/0846/F

    Single storey, two bedroomed bungalow with detached garage

    13 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 31 Oct 2005
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0173/F

    Erection of conservatory

    5 St Georges Drive Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5QN

    Received 20 Mar 2019

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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.

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