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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
26,108Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 20,198 approved or refused records
2,413Refused applications

17,785 approved · 2,413 refused · 1,121 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1997 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0586/F

    Garage and roof alteration

    23 Seafield Road North Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 30 Jun 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0816/F

    New bungalow and double garage *

    Plots 30/31 Thurne Rise Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Oct 2000
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0874/F

    Removal of condition 2 of Planning Permission 06/02/1039/F to allow casino to additionally operate between 6am and 8am

    Grosvenor Casino Shadingfield Lodge Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Dec 2008
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0451/F

    Detached oak framed garage with shed/workshop

    2 The Old Rectory Heath Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HJ

    Received 30 May 2021
  5. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0427/A

    Projecting hanging sign box internally illuminated

    17 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HJ

    Received 9 Jul 2010
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0228/F

    Proposed rear extension and chimney

    52 Ormesby Road Caister, GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LJ

    Received 10 Apr 2015
  7. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/03/0530/A

    Signage and floodlighting *

    Atlantis Resort Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (formerly Tower Complex)

    Received 5 Jun 2003
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0432/SU

    Use of existing communal asphalt hardstanding area into communal car park with nine parking spaces

    16 and 28 Parkland Drive (Land adj) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DS

    Received 12 Jul 2017
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0842/CU

    Change of use from working mens club to single dwelling house *

    Gt Yarmouth WMC & Institute King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Oct 2000
  10. WITHDRAWN06/07/0183/F

    New shop front to match existing and internal alterations

    3 George Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 19 Feb 2007
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/1008/F

    Reordering and extension to care home *

    Magdalen House Magdalen Square Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Dec 2000
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0337/F

    Siting of mini satellite dish on wall of first floor flat

    115 Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3DG

    Received 4 Apr 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0572/CU

    Continued use of land for car-wash/valeting/siting of portable buildings and car sales (limited to 4)

    85B North Quay (Next to Kwik-Fit) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1JF

    Received 4 Oct 2019
  14. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0003/BF

    Alterations, extension to dwelling and new garage

    The Lilacs Common Lane Thurne Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 3BX

    Received 3 Jan 2006
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0174/A

    Three fascia signs, one double sided projecting sign and one entrance sign

    Desira Motor Company East Anglia Ltd North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1RD

    Received 23 Mar 2010
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0470/F

    GIS

    40 Beach Drive Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NP

    Received 12 Jun 1998
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0385/CU

    GIS

    Unit 2 Marina Centre Shops Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 May 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0634/F

    Proposed storage containers x 2

    New Road Sport & Leisure Centre New Road Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Oct 2012
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0876/F

    Revised scheme for block of garages inc. additional garage and pitched roof in lieu of previously approved flat roof

    Site opposite 41 California Crescent California Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3QP NR29 3QP

    Received 9 Nov 2005
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0090/F

    Single storey kitchen extension to rear of property

    118 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8AZ

    Received 4 Feb 2008
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0727/F

    Proposed porch

    1 High Mill Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0DJ NR31 0DJ

    Received 3 Dec 2015
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0038/F

    Two-storey rear extension

    137 Middleton Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7PU

    Received 18 Jan 2018
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0826/F

    Rear extension to form dining/living area *

    105 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HR

    Received 23 Oct 2001
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/14/0118/A

    Fascia sign, projecting sign, and an internally hung illuminated roundel

    134-136 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6QX

    Received 21 Feb 2014

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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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