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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
25,108Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,341 approved or refused records
2,314Refused applications

17,027 approved · 2,314 refused · 1,097 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0553/F

    Proposed 3no, dormers to front elevation

    Alwyn House Burgh Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EG

    Received 28 Jun 2021
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0479/F

    New shop fronts *

    213/214 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1DH

    Received 27 May 2002
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0491/F

    Replacement boundary wall

    8 Damgate Lane Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 30 May 2006
  4. WITHDRAWN06/04/0814/F

    Two-storey side extension

    52 Marlborough Green Crescent Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SZ

    Received 23 Aug 2004
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0086/F

    Demolish front wall and form dropped kerb

    39 Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PU NR31 9PU

    Received 9 Feb 2016
  6. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/05/0947/F

    Demolition of warehouse and erection of two town houses

    13A High Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 8 Dec 2005
  7. EST/LAW USE CER.06/24/0477/PU

    Build a single storey rear extension with a flat roof using like for like materials to match the existing property - extending beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 3.00m; extending to 2.57m in height and 5.50m in width

    23 Forsythia Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8LA

    Received 11 Jun 2024
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0263/F

    Provision of a cart shed and storage to each of the three dwellings approved under application 06/22/1031/F

    Burghwell Lodge Barns Market Road Burgh Castle NR31 9EN

    Received 4 Apr 2024
  9. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0316/CD

    Proposed discharge of condition 9 of pp 06/17/0631/F (Proposed replacement dwelling) - Condition 9 Full Survey

    27 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3NH

    Received 25 Apr 2024
  10. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/25/0263/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1.No 11m high medium wooden pole for fixed broadband purposes

    Opp 1 Woodlands Close Scratby NR29 3FH

    Received 7 Apr 2025
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0071/F

    Construction of 47 energy efficient dwellings, including associated open space, drainage infrastructure, vehicular access and associated highway improvements

    Staithe Road (Land North of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 1 Feb 2019
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0981/F

    GIS

    87 Lowestoft Road The Albion Public House Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SH

    Received 6 Dec 1999
  13. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/12/0088/CD

    Discharge condition no's: 7, 8, 10, and 11 of Planning Permission 06/11/0388/F & condition no 4 of Planning Permission 06/11/0774/F

    Clarkes Farm Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PT

    Received 7 Feb 2012
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0035/F

    Proposed first floor extension over existing garage and utility room

    14 Mallard Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JJ NR31 8JJ

    Received 21 Jan 2016
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0504/F

    Proposed four residential dwellings with garages

    Land off Beccles Road/ Jews Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 6 Jun 2007
  16. Accept Amend Notice06/21/0291/NMA

    Non-material amendment for pp. 06/17/0164/F - Minor revisions to the design of the pumping station - 10 x 10m to 14 x 14m; 2. Replace permanent fixed gantry with a portable/de-mountable one

    Land at Wheatcroft Farm Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 15 Apr 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0455/F

    Conversion and change of use of former car sales building to create a terrace of 6 houses

    Estcourt Road (Hurrells Motor Garage) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4JQ

    Received 21 Jul 2017
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0675/O

    Bungalow and garage *

    33 Staithe Road/Thurne Rise Martham Great Yarmouth (rear of)

    Received 8 Aug 2000
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0934/O

    GIS

    Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Nov 1999
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0219/F

    Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of chalet bungalow

    55 California Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS

    Received 6 Apr 2009
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0720/F

    Refurbish and upgrade existing outbuilding

    1 Old Chapel Cottages Old Chapel Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4BQ

    Received 19 Nov 2010
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0352/F

    Proposed erection of new stable block, tack and hay store with vehicular access off Decoy Road

    The Paddock Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LZ

    Received 20 Apr 2023
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0229/HH

    Proposed single storey, flat roofed extension to rear of property

    8 Flowerday Close Hopton on sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RR

    Received 7 Mar 2022
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0222/F

    Proposed extensions and adaptations to existing bungalow

    The Rockies Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QJ

    Received 16 Apr 2012

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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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