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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
25,080Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,320 approved or refused records
2,314Refused applications

17,006 approved · 2,314 refused · 1,096 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1998 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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. NO OBJECTION06/00/0660/M

    GDO Part 24 app - erect 15m lightweight lattice mast, two dishes/3 antenna; at grd level equip cabin to be installed *

    Hall Farm Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ

    Received 1 Aug 2000
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0125/F

    Replacement conservatory *

    10 Tudor Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Feb 2000
  3. NO OBJECTION06/24/0913/TCA

    Proposed works to a tree in a Conservation Area: T1 - Bay tree, reduce height to approx. 1.85m from ground level.

    12 The Green Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3JT

    Received 1 Oct 2024
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0006/F

    To erect a single storey UPVC conservatory with brick dwarf wall to the rear of the property 7.5m wide x 4.0m deep

    48 Nightingale Close Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NR

    Received 28 Dec 2011
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0445/CU

    Change of use to food take-away bar (A3) *

    Old Parcel Office Great Yarmouth Station Acle New Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 May 2003
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0222/F

    Formation of two living units and small dormer for doorway

    56 St Georges Road The Gallery Bar Great Yarmouth NR30 2JT

    Received 9 Mar 2004
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0589/F

    Material amendment revised house types to previously approved 06/12/0219/F

    1-5 Strowger Court Dock Tavern Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6GD

    Received 24 Sept 2015
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0431/F

    Single storey rear extension linking garage conversion - previously approved 06/18/0647/F

    Field View North Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LR

    Received 25 Jul 2019
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/01/0815/F

    Rear extension to hot food take-away premises +

    159 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Oct 2001
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0375/F

    Proposed wc and covered porch extension

    Ridge Back House Heath Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HL

    Received 8 May 2008
  11. PERMITTED DEV.06/19/0708/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - proposed single storey rear kitchen extension

    8 Keppel Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6SN

    Received 19 Dec 2019
  12. WITHDRAWN06/06/0010/BF

    New boathouse

    41B River Thurne Cottages Martham Riverbank Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Jan 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0370/F

    GIS

    14 Bell Lane Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Apr 1999
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0821/F

    GIS

    Hopton Holiday Village Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BW

    Received 5 Oct 1999
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0892/CU

    Change of use residential home for elderly to house in multiple occupation

    19/21 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2HG

    Received 15 Sept 2004
  16. WITHDRAWN06/01/0764/MM

    GDO Part 24 application - installation of radio mast, antennae, equipment cabin and develoment ancillary thereto *

    Collis Lane East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DT

    Received 3 Oct 2001
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0628/F

    Proposed side and rear 2 storey extensions

    38 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HD

    Received 12 Oct 2012
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0594/F

    Proposed installation of 1no. galvanised steel column up to 8m tall to support CCTV camera

    Land adjacent South East Corner of Venetian Waterways (opposite Kiosk 4) North Drive GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4EW

    Received 8 Jul 2021
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0357/F

    Replace 9no. single pane timber sash windows with energy efficient UPVC double glazed sash windows

    3 Queen Elizabeth Court Kings Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3JW

    Received 7 Apr 2021
  20. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0376/CD

    Discharge of condition 7 of application 06/21/0796/F - (Demolition of school buildings and erection of 5no. dwellings - Destructive asbestos report

    Former Edward Worlledge School Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED

    Received 10 May 2024
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0434/F

    Erection of garage on parking space to complete a block of three

    18 Watsons Close Hopton Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 1 Jul 2009
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0140/F

    Stable block consisting of two stables, tack room/feed store, wetroom/farrier shelter and first floor store

    Lochinvar Short Road Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DS

    Received 11 Mar 2015
  23. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/22/0056/CD

    Discharge of conditions 4 and 5 of pp. 06/21/0607/F - details of surface water drainage and biodiversity enhancements

    White Lodge 1 Tern Road Scratby Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3NX

    Received 22 Jan 2022
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0259/F

    Retrospective application for extension to front of house

    1 Mountbatten Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5RT

    Received 9 May 2019

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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.

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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