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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
26,524Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 20,543 approved or refused records
2,458Refused applications

18,085 approved · 2,458 refused · 1,136 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0404/F

    Change of use of outbuildings to cattery (boarding) *

    8 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 May 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0773/F

    Construction of a Sub Station to serve Phase 2 of residential development permitted under 06/13/0652/O and 06/16/0064/D

    Wheatcroft Farm (Land at) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH (Land at South Bradwell)

    Received 18 Dec 2017
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1095/VCF

    Variation of conditions 11, 14, 16 and 17 - details of piling/foundations, details of flood response plan and safe refuge; hard and soft landscaping and materials specification(details to be provided at a later date) - and provision of details for conditions 6 and 13 - environmental remediation and verification plan and schedule of flood prevention works - of pp. 06/19/0387/F

    Abbeville Lodge Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SE

    Received 21 Dec 2022
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0376/CU

    Proposed change of use from restaurant to amusement arcade

    34A Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2EN

    Received 22 Apr 2021
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0524/F

    Proposed extension at rear of barn

    Barn 3 Hall Farm Beccles Road Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JQ

    Received 8 Oct 2020
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0324/F

    Alterations and extensions to form dining room and enlargement of existing bedroom

    23 Hunter Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Apr 2004
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0150/F

    Proposed front porch

    2 Nelson Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AY

    Received 7 Mar 2012
  8. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/15/0205/O

    Erection of 3 no.bungalows and garages/carport

    30 Bulmer Lane Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AF

    Received 2 Apr 2015
  9. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/04/0127/LB

    Replace ATM at lower level, replace surround panel, erect ramp access for disabled customers and instal handrail

    15 Hall Quay Barclays Bank plc Great Yarmouth NR30 1HL

    Received 12 Feb 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0761/F

    Extension to front to form study +

    79 Westerley Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Sept 1998
  11. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/09/0173/A

    New shop signage on Regent Street and Hall Plain

    27 Hall Plain Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 16 Mar 2009
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0190/F

    Proposed rear kitchen/bedroom extension and side en-suite bathroom extension

    2 Clover Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RH

    Received 5 Apr 2013
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0144/F

    Installation of an external acoustically boarded refrigeration plant compound within the existing supermarket car park

    Morrisons Blackwall Reach Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6SA

    Received 18 Mar 2020
  14. WITHDRAWN06/02/0212/D

    Eighty six residential dwellings with garages (Phase 1)

    Beccles Road (land off) Clay Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Mar 2002
  15. Undecided06/26/0772/SU

    Part discharge of condition 19 (submission of detailed specification of the proposed roof mounted solar photovoltaic panels) of permission reference FUL/2024/0055.

    Land to the North of Chaplin Road Bradwell NR31 9XW

    Received 1 Oct 2026
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0642/F

    Retrospective application to vary condition 2 of planning permission 06/06/1052/F - regarding retaining existing walls

    58 Beach Road (Building at rear of) Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5EX

    Received 8 Sept 2014
  17. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/22/0996/A

    Proposed installation of 2no. fascia signs for new sandwich bar

    Hemsby Parish Council Office Kingsway Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JT

    Received 16 Nov 2022
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0217/F

    Proposed two storey side extension and rear conservatory

    14 Sandringham Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DY

    Received 5 Apr 2013
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0548/F

    Erection of a single storey rear extension

    30A Western Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7QE NR31 7QE

    Received 19 Aug 2016
  20. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/1090/CD

    Proposed discharge of Conditions 5 & 10 of pp 06/19/0099/O - Residential Development; 5) Slab levels, 10) Traffic Management Plan

    Land west of St Nicholas Drive St Nicholas Drive Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5RE

    Received 20 Dec 2022
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0476/F

    Additional storey over existing single storey extension

    257 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JJ

    Received 30 Jul 2012
  22. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0209/A

    Proposed signage

    Unit C3 Great Yarmouth Shopping Park GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NL

    Received 29 Mar 2016
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/1040/F

    GIS

    Kingfisher Holiday Park Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Dec 1999
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0777/F

    Alterations to form 8 hotel bedrooms on upper floors and use of basement as hotel dining room *

    64 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Oct 2001

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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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