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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
26,353Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 20,413 approved or refused records
2,443Refused applications

17,970 approved · 2,443 refused · 1,129 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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/Reasons06/06/0932/F

    Retrospective planning application for the erection of a fence

    22 Mariners Compass Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6TQ NR31 6TQ

    Received 6 Nov 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1055/F

    New shopfront to existing launderette

    69 Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 18 Dec 2006
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0375/F

    New single storey flat roof day nursery building, modular construction ie portacabin or similar

    James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 22 Apr 2004
  4. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/01/0025/D

    Two detached bungalows and garages *

    Plots 2/4/6 Penguin Road Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jan 2001
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0133/F

    Erection of small porch to front elevation of property including re-positioning of gate.

    27 St Andrews Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LT

    Received 24 Mar 2020
  6. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/02/0698/BM

    New steel framed barn to replace two previous barns *

    Crows Farm Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QN

    Received 6 Aug 2002
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0029/F

    Conservatory *

    6 Briar Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NB

    Received 15 Jan 2002
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0276/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/05/0311/F single storey warehouse building for B1, B2 and B8 uses

    Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 5 May 2010
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0020/F

    Two storey dwelling to replace that previously approved under existing consent 06/10/0395/F

    Plot 3 The Village Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Jan 2012
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0673/F

    Conversion of shop into two residential units. Two- storey side extension and associated alterations

    13A High Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0DJ

    Received 16 Nov 2012
  11. APPROVE06/26/0469/TRE

    5 day notice of works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 6 of 2017) PINUS NIGRA (within G5), T2 - PINUS NIGRA (within G4), T3-T4 - PINUS SYLVESTRIS (within G2) Fell trees - 5 day notice (Under Regulation 14(1)(c) of the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulation 2012).

    The Dunes (Former Pontins Holiday Park) Hemsby

    Received 11 Jun 2026
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0585/F

    Rear boundary wall to replace hedge

    6 Morse Court Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5XE

    Received 31 Jul 2008
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0588/VCF

    Variation of condition 2 (materials) on planning permission 06/23/0398/F for the erection of a side and front extension to existing scout hut

    First Belton Scout Group Hall Marsh Lane Track Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9LU

    Received 15 Jul 2024
  14. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/19/0440/CU

    Retrospective application for change of use from residential to HMO

    10 Southampton Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2DP

    Received 29 Jul 2019
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0474/F

    White upvc Victorian conservatory *

    55 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HH

    Received 20 May 2003
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1098/F

    Single storey extension to side of outbuilding

    11 Somerton Road Blackthorne Cottage Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QF

    Received 27 Nov 2003
  17. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/01/0735/BM

    Agricultural determination - new animal shelter and feed store *

    Butt Lane (land off) Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Sept 2001
  18. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/14/0812/M

    Agricultural determination - New forestry road

    Burnley Hall East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DZ

    Received 28 Nov 2014
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0676/F

    New workshop for making pallets *

    Sagacrown Pallets Ltd Bessemer Way Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Aug 1999
  20. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0611/CD

    Discharge of condition 3 of Planning Permission 06/17/0164/F - Strategic road infrastructure and pumping station to serve residential and mixed use development approved under 06/13/0652/O

    Wheatcroft Farm Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH (Land at South Bradwell) NR31 8QD

    Received 2 Nov 2018
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0456/F

    Proposed annexe and garage

    30 Albemarle Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7AR

    Received 24 Jul 2015
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0565/F

    Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new detached house and garage

    14 Marine Parade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DX NR31 6DX

    Received 26 Aug 2016
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0843/O

    Single dwelling within curtilage

    Tarn House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QG

    Received 1 Sept 2004
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0922/F

    Proposed granny annexe

    Sycamore House Tower Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Oct 2007

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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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