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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
25,672Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,829 approved or refused records
2,363Refused applications

17,466 approved · 2,363 refused · 1,108 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/06/0797/F

    Erection of brick/glazed conservatory

    'Half a Mo', Royden Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 15 Sept 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0316/HH

    Proposed single storey side and rear extension.

    95 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PT

    Received 17 Apr 2025
  3. EST/LAW USE CER.06/01/0785/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as garden of Copperfields *

    Copperfields (adjoining) Sidegate Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Oct 2001
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0701/F

    Alterations to fire escape door and wall

    184/185 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Jul 2004
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0291/HH

    Two-storey side extension with stove flue and associated works.

    1 & 2 Howletts Cottages, Thrigby Road Filby NR29 3HJ

    Received 8 Apr 2025
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0893/F

    Proposed alterations and two storey extension to side

    36 Manor Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RG NR29 3RG

    Received 15 Oct 2007
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0596/BF

    Erection of car port at front, backing on windowless blank wall of 'barn' house next door *

    Manor Farm House Chapel Road Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EG

    Received 3 Aug 2001
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0289/F

    Additional storey over two storey extension, plus single storey porch

    8 Middlestone Close Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JB

    Received 13 May 2019
  9. APPROVED BY NCC06/11/0357/SU

    Retro.permission: retention of bldgs & structures relating to extg waste acts.on site incl.retention of 1)green waste storage bay,leachate chamber & vent 2)concrete loading bay & det.railings 3)porta- loo 4)shed 5)diesel tank 6)oil drum container 7) retention area for storage of skips

    Caister Waste Transfer Station Pump Lane Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jun 2011
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0260/F

    Conversion of barns to form two dwellings

    Morgrove Farm Morgrove Lane Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Mar 2004
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0390/F

    Proposed rear extension (incorporating existing conservatory) to form sun lounge

    48 Roman Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JX

    Received 20 May 2021
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0766/CU

    Change of use from craft and retail unit to residential +

    Daisy Frames Old Chapel Gallery West Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RP

    Received 11 Sept 2000
  13. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/01/0765/LB

    Alts to form 8 hotel bedrooms, use basement as dining room, remove plastic windows, French doors to first floor elev *

    64 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Oct 2001
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0317/F

    New scout building for Martham Scout Group

    Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth (former allotment gardens)

    Received 30 Mar 2006
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0714/F

    Alteration and extension of bungalow and extension of domestic curtilage

    The Bungalow Barn Lane Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EF

    Received 9 Aug 2006
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0223/F

    Demolition of commercial buildings to allow the erection of 2 town houses

    Seabird Works School Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Mar 2007
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0381/F

    White upvc conservatory

    37 Hill View Drive Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BT

    Received 26 Apr 2004
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0767/F

    Extensions to front and rear

    5 Rochford Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LL

    Received 7 Dec 2015
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0006/F

    Proposed refurbishment, single storey extension to west side of building

    Lake Cottage Lodge Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9EU

    Received 2 Jan 2008
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0358/F

    Continued use as a salvage yard storage area

    127/129 South Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LD

    Received 27 Jun 2018
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0304/F

    Provision of 3 smoking shelters

    James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 11 May 2012
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0534/VCF

    Retrospective application for the Variation of Condition 2 of pp 06/24/0245/HH (Two-storey side extension and new dormers to front and rear) - Amendment to approved plans to introduce a new rear dormer roof extension to enlarge the approved bathroom.

    8 Wapping Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JY

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  23. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/14/0188/A

    Renewal of planning permission 06/13/0078/A for One arrow headed sign

    Junction of Repps Road & A149 Repps Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 10 Mar 2014
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0036/F

    Proposed rear single storey extension and garage side addition. Provision of photovoltaic panels/tiles to rear roof

    32 Connaught Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LU

    Received 28 Jan 2013

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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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