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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
25,197Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,420 approved or refused records
2,324Refused applications

17,096 approved · 2,324 refused · 1,100 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0566/F

    Provision of level floor shower room to the rear for disabled person *

    46 Collingwood Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LR

    Received 24 Jun 2002
  2. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/01/0258/A

    Advertisement - company signature, helios and BP letters *

    BP Amoco Exploration Beevor Road South Denes Great Yarmouth NR30 3NU

    Received 28 Mar 2001
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0169/F

    Construction of detached garage including driveway from road edge to front of garage

    35 Elmgrove Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PP

    Received 14 Mar 2009
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0913/SU

    Two lifts within brick shafts including lobbies

    51/77 Cherry Road (odds) Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Oct 2003
  5. WITHDRAWN06/13/0635/F

    Garage extension/new access

    5 Collis Lane East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DS

    Received 21 Oct 2013
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0247/F

    Single storey pitched roof rear extension and garage and garage roof change *

    35 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HF

    Received 27 Mar 2001
  7. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0242/F

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission consent 06/18/0524/F - to revise the 3rd floor roof detail from a pitched roof to a sloping roof and add small balconies to front and rear

    54 Englands Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BE

    Received 2 May 2019
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0295/F

    Conservatory and extension to existing store

    5 Pinecot Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Apr 2005
  9. APPROVED BY NCC06/09/0141/SU

    Single storey extensions to provide new nursery, teaching and staff facilities.Kitchen extension and external sheltered areas.Enlarge car park and cycle storage,new pathways,play areas and landscaping scheme.

    Peterhouse Primary School Peterhouse Avenue Magdalen Square Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Mar 2009
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0170/F

    Retrospective application for continued change of use of land for installation and retention of a portacabin for use as communal space provision for 2 years.

    1 Astley Cooper Place Escourt Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DN

    Received 11 Mar 2026
  11. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/0994/F

    Ancillary unit of accomm to be occupied in connection with Marshlands and conversion of existing building into stables

    Marshlands Billockby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BG

    Received 18 Oct 2004
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0055/F

    Proposed 2 no. single storey extensions to shop to extend retail area and create new store and office; New steel staircase access to existing first floor flat; new vehicular access from St Peter's Road to no. 16 new car parking spaces at rear

    18 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3BQ

    Received 24 Jan 2023
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0292/F

    Retrospective application two-storey rear extension

    4 Bately Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HJ

    Received 29 May 2018
  14. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/20/0601/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14 & 18 of pp. 06/19/0639/F - 1. Plans of roads, footways, street lighting, foul & surface water drainage; 2. On-site parking; 3. Archaeological investigation; 4. Slab levels; 5. Boundary treatments

    Repps Road (Land South of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 20 Nov 2020
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0162/F

    Change of use of grounds to 4 lodges.

    Burgh Hall Leisure Centre Lords Lane Burgh Castle NR31 9EP

    Received 7 Apr 2020
  16. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0085/A

    Hoarding max size 4m x 2m

    Gapton Hall Roundabout (Land adjacent - North Side) Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 24 Jan 2006
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0821/F

    Proposed front and side extensions including a conservatory to the rear.

    72 Braddock Road Caister-on-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LP

    Received 5 Dec 2014
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0122/F

    Conversion and extension of existing garage to form detached dwelling

    24 Back Lane Mill Lodge Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PE

    Received 11 Mar 2020
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0774/F

    Granny annexe and extension to rear of dwelling +

    21 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Aug 2003
  20. WITHDRAWN06/03/0987/BS

    Demolition of dev at rear; ext to include new reception and entrance, classbases, hall and associated facilities

    Filby First School Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HJ

    Received 21 Oct 2003
  21. NO OBJECTION06/03/0626/SU

    Ext to form staff toilet, ext of extg playground, relocation of mobile classroom to form double unit with other mobile*

    Cobholm First School Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Jul 2003
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0170/F

    Retention of use for the storage and display of caravans

    Field Farm Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NW NR29 4NW

    Received 16 Mar 2009
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0357/F

    GIS

    30 Byron Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Apr 1999
  24. NO OBJ.TO REV.DETAIL06/00/0320/M

    GDO Part 24 application - Installation of one KX100 style telephone kiosk *

    Bermuda Holiday Park Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NN

    Received 17 Apr 2000

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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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