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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
26,293Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 20,360 approved or refused records
2,435Refused applications

17,925 approved · 2,435 refused · 1,129 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/13/0114/F

    Proposed detached garage

    The Old Vicarage The Street Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4EU

    Received 26 Feb 2013
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0103/F

    Proposed automatic barrier arms across site access

    Hughes Electrical Pasteur Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0HS

    Received 11 Mar 2015
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0557/F

    New steel frame two-storey office building along with associated servicing and parking

    Queen Anne's Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 25 Jun 2007
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0309/F

    Construction of detached garage

    Sunnyside Chapel Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QP

    Received 11 May 2009
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0996/F

    First floor extension over existing bathroom and kitchen, and porch on rear elevation +

    140 Beach Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Nov 2002
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0374/F

    Construction of detached garage. Revised scheme

    104 Caister Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4DP

    Received 16 Jun 2017
  7. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0407/O

    GIS

    45 Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BG

    Received 14 May 1999
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0078/BF

    Removal of conservatory and erection of extension to form dining room

    127 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 26 Jan 2007
  9. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0770/M

    Demolition of Ferryside building, bungalow, workshop and annexe

    Ferryside High Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 8 Dec 2014
  10. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/02/1049/D

    L-shaped bungalow and garage *

    4 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LT

    Received 2 Dec 2002
  11. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/05/0418/D

    Design and landscaping for three houses and two garages

    The Sale Rooms North Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 May 2005
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0418/F

    New four-bedroomed bungalow and linked garage +

    White Thorn Farm Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AB

    Received 24 May 2000
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0249/F

    Proposed side and rear extension

    3 Gournay Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DZ

    Received 30 Apr 2018
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0684/TRE

    Proposed works to a protected tree (TPO No. 2 1981) T4 Chestnut - Reduce area of crown on garden (east) side between 1.5 and 4 m for balance and arboricultural maintenance

    2 Symonds Avenue Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3PN

    Received 25 Aug 2023
  15. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0040/BL

    Portable building for retail use for sale of pre-packed food and general consumer items

    The Bell Inn Beccles Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HE

    Received 16 Jan 2004
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0713/F

    Proposed terrace and retractable canopy

    Ocean Rooms Pier Gardens Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PP

    Received 3 Dec 2013
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0182/F

    Extension to dwelling *

    119 El-Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Mar 2003
  18. NO OBJECTION06/24/0532/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1x 10m light wooden pole for fixed broadband o/s Redwoods, Worchester Close, Ormesby

    O/s Redwoods Worcester Close Ormesby NR29 3RN

    Received 25 Jun 2024
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0264/F

    Extension to form beer cellar, wine cellar and store as replacement for temporary beer, wine and storage units

    Hemsby Sports & Social Club Waters Lane Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Apr 2008
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0131/F

    Erection of conservatory at rear

    21 Norwich Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JP

    Received 15 Feb 2016
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0621/F

    Construction of section of side boundary wall in lieu of hedge

    35 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Aug 2005
  22. WITHDRAWN06/08/0740/F

    Proposed conservatory

    Dunrobin Priory Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Oct 2008
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0769/F

    Open ended single bay extension to the storage barn

    Oak Farm Hall Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth, NR31 9AU

    Received 28 Aug 2007
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/11/0583/A

    1 x wall sign and 1 x projecting sign above shop

    86 Middle Market Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DJ

    Received 2 Sept 2011

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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.

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