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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
26,221Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 20,298 approved or refused records
2,426Refused applications

17,872 approved · 2,426 refused · 1,126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/05/0533/SU

    Environmental improvements - phase 4

    1-27 Magnolia Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jul 2005
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0586/F

    Upvc lean-to conservatory with brick dwarf wall (wall height to be approx 1700 mm high on side adja to boundary) *

    12 Spencer Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR32 7BH

    Received 1 Jul 2002
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/20/0354/A

    New signage

    3 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2AF

    Received 2 Jul 2020
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0984/F

    GIS

    153 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Dec 1997
  5. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/24/0320/PAD

    Proposed installation of 1272 no. monocrystalline silicon solar photo-voltaic modules on 6 roof slopes of Building A

    Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB

    Received 26 Apr 2024
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0179/F

    Replacement and repositioning of domestic oil storage tank with wood fence around the tank with planting

    7 Vine Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HQ

    Received 25 Mar 2010
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0963/F

    Edwardian conservatory (4.16m x 3.3m) and lean-to roofed garage (3.36m x 6.1m)

    1 Priory Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AZ

    Received 14 Oct 2003
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0067/CU

    Change of use of part of land (car park) for the standing of mobile catering units

    Cafe and Car Park Beach Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AJ

    Received 26 Jan 2004
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0610/CU

    GIS

    North Denes Road Great Yarmouth (storage unit)

    Received 29 Jul 1998
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0032/F

    Single storey rear extension

    38 Four Acres Estate Summer Holme Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JB

    Received 22 Jan 2019
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/1015/VCF

    Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved plans and documents), 21 (Landscaping scheme) and 27 (External materials) of pp 06/23/0507/F (Construction of 65 affordable dwellings) - To amend the approved layout plan around Plots 63-65, 18-19, amend window colour, and amend brick types.

    Land off Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PY

    Received 28 Nov 2025
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0107/F

    Installation of a new dumbwaiter lift

    14 Lower Esplanade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BT NR31 6BT

    Received 23 Feb 2016
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0254/BF

    Corner stable block three stables and store

    Lower Wood Farm Browns Lane Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JQ

    Received 4 Apr 2005
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0005/CU

    Change of use from Class B8 (storage and distribution) to Class B2 (general industrial)+

    Berth 4 South Denes Road Great Yarmouth (warehouses) NR30 3QD

    Received 4 Jan 2002
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0164/F

    Pitch roofs over kennels and rest room

    Norfolk & Suffolk Animal Trust Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AT

    Received 17 Mar 2010
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0346/F

    Two storey extension to the South East elevation, internal alterations, convert part of existing garage to form habitable space

    Rose Havre Stepshort Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JS

    Received 7 Jun 2017
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0451/F

    Single storey front extension

    30 Laurel Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8PB NR31 8PB

    Received 18 May 2006
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0244/F

    Erection of steam cleaning building

    Copyfax Building Shuttleworth Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NQ

    Received 8 Apr 2016
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/1002/F

    GIS

    12 Cherry Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Dec 1997
  20. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0591/PDE

    Proposed single storey rear family room extension

    47 Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PA

    Received 24 Sept 2014
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0585/CU

    Change of use from restaurant/ cafe to amusement arcade

    16 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF

    Received 12 Jul 1999
  22. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/17/0576/A

    1 X Internally illuminated Projector. 1 x Internally illuminated logo. 3 x Non-Illuminated wall mounted aluminium panels. 2 x Non-Illuminated acrylic letters

    5-7 Kingsway Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JT

    Received 11 Sept 2017
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0529/F

    Garden room to rear elevation

    16 Marguerite Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RL

    Received 11 Aug 2011
  24. Not proceeded with06/26/0220/CU

    Change of use of the property from supported living accommodation to a sui generis house in multiple occupation (HMO) for emergency (short term) accommodation.

    20 Clarence Road Gorleston NR31 6DT

    Received 26 Mar 2026

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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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