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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
25,171Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,398 approved or refused records
2,322Refused applications

17,076 approved · 2,322 refused · 1,099 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/99/0045/D

    GIS

    Plot 3 Links Hotel Site Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Jan 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0671/CU

    Proposed additional use for farmers market and flea market

    Myhills Nurseries Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9EX

    Received 10 Sept 2008
  3. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0208/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4 of pp 06/24/0526/F (installation of a single storey and a double storey Portakabin for office use) ; Submission of updated Biodiversity Net Gain Plan

    Unity Well Integrity Europe Ltd Bessemer Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX

    Received 14 Mar 2025
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0150/F

    First floor extension to side, single storey extensions to rear, porch to front with enlarged bedroom over and pitched roof over existing flat roof at rear

    11 Lynn Grove Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AW NR31 8AW

    Received 2 Mar 2016
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0578/F

    GIS

    44 Hill Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HP

    Received 8 Jul 1999
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0273/F

    Proposed single storey extension and alterations to porch

    Bridgeford House Bridge Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 14 May 2018
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0054/F

    Proposed extension to form porch with balcony over

    The White House Manor Farm Road East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DY NR29 4DY

    Received 28 Jan 2009
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0709/F

    Move the present fence to edge of boundary and further forward towards front of house (fence height to be 1.8m (6') as existing)

    2 Salk Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7RL

    Received 4 Nov 2009
  9. WITHDRAWN06/18/0672/LB

    Installation of CCTV, replacement of collecting box and repair plaque

    8 Fishermans Hospital Church Plain GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1ND

    Received 29 Nov 2018
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0048/F

    Proposed garage

    5 Blake Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4LT

    Received 27 Jan 2011
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0688/F

    Proposed removal of existing shared roof (with no.19) to the entrance portals of the adjoining properties and introduction of a balcony and new fencing treatment

    18 Pavilion Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6BY

    Received 11 Aug 2021
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0442/F

    Proposed detached replacement dwelling - revised submission

    52 California Crescent California GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QP

    Received 13 Jul 2017
  13. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/04/0875/A

    Shop sign in the form of four fibreglass caricatures on the roof of the building.

    4 and 5 Marina Shops Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Sept 2004
  14. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0604/CD

    Proposed discharge of conditions for pp. 06/18/0715/F; 10. Noise assessment required, 12. Presence of asbestos

    271 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0JB

    Received 6 Jul 2022
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0005/A

    Main sign flexifaced internal illuminated, canopy sign non illuminated and other non illuminated signs

    Unit E1 Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Jan 2006
  16. WITHDRAWN06/17/0121/F

    Mixed-use development incorporating 49 one and two bedroom dwellings, a leisure area, market stalls, cafe and public toilets

    91 and 102 (Land between) Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2AH

    Received 24 Feb 2017
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0165/F

    Replacement of existing thatched roof with clay pan tiles

    53 The Green Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PF

    Received 21 Mar 2019
  18. APPROVED BY NCC06/17/0402/SU

    Variation of conditions 2 and 5 of PP: Y/6/2012/6005 (06/12/0524/SU) - To enable existing three wind turbine head units to alternate head unit including rubber system

    Masons Farm Lowestoft Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AN

    Received 30 Jun 2017
  19. Not proceeded with06/24/0834/PDE

    Prior approval - notification of larger home extension - single storey rear extension.

    34 Foxglove Drive Bradwell NR31 8UU

    Received 18 Oct 2024
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0599/TRE

    T1 (Montery Cypress) and T2 (Montery Cypress) - Fell both to ground level

    Glad Wood St Olaves Road St Olaves GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HJ

    Received 21 Jul 2021
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0012/BU

    Change of use to residential annexe (in association with main dwelling) *

    The Cottage Bure Reach Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3ER

    Received 6 Jan 2000
  22. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/18/0029/F

    Construction of a 3 bedroom bungalow with integral garage

    7 and 12 Cotoneaster Court (land between) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8EH

    Received 16 Jan 2018
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0282/F

    GIS

    50 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NA

    Received 31 Mar 1999
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0545/F

    General purpose agricultural building

    Mill Farm 68 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Sept 2014

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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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