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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

26,768Searchable applications

244Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 20,734 approved or refused records

2,481Refused applications

18,253 approved · 2,481 refused · 1,149 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0633/F
GIS
55 Springfield Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Jul 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0642/F
GIS
Gorleston Golf Club Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JT
Received 10 Aug 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0928/CU
Change of use of front room from shop store to residential as part of 31 Trafalgar Road West *
31 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AD
Received 15 Nov 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0137/F
Proposed demolition of existing garage and provision of new garage with attic room above
112 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6NB
Received 21 Feb 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0627/F
Erection of conservatory at rear
21 Norwich Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JP
Received 14 Sept 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0437/F
GIS
49 Crosstead Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Jun 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0345/F
Proposed domestic garage
Broiler Farm Mill Lane Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AW
Received 28 Apr 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0246/SU
New public reception area and vase storage room, new paved access to Chapel of Remembrance
Great Yarmouth Crematorium Oriel Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Parish of Bradwell)
Received 15 Mar 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0330/F
Extend rear elevation within existing roof line, replacement and relocation of windows and doors, full refurbishment
14 Charter Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LD
Received 15 Jul 2020
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/06/1059/LB
Alterations and change of use of existing workshops & storage to two residential units
The Workshops Trinity Place Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 18 Dec 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0757/F
Provision of new portacabin for office accommodation together with a link structure and internal office improvements
Tar Works Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QR
Received 29 Nov 2011
CON.AREA.CONS'T06/97/0441/CC
GIS
113-120 King Street (land to front and rear) Corner King St/Nottingham Way Great Yarmouth
Received 22 May 1997
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/13/0018/CD
Demolition of former first school buildings and redevelopment for two storey care home (with 88 residents rooms and one visitors room) with ancillary car parking, landscaping and other associated works - Discharge of Conditions 5,14 & 15 re:PP:06/12/0462/F
Peterhouse First School Peterhouse Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jan 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0974/F
GIS
72 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Dec 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0184/F
Single storey rear extension
87 Sturdee Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4HJ NR30 4HJ
Received 19 Feb 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0430/F
Single storey front extension *
11 Manor Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RG
Received 31 May 2001
WITHDRAWN06/21/0844/TCA
Proposal to fell fir tree as appears to be dying from within and due to excessive shading
15 Yarmouth Road Inglenook Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QB
Received 30 Sept 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0757/F
Demolition of existing flume tower and construction of replacement tower
Seashore Holiday Park North Drive Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4HG
Received 22 Nov 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0453/F
Removal of conservatory and erection of white upvc conservatory with dwarf wall *
2 Woodpecker Mews Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SE
Received 20 May 2002
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/01/0042/D
Erection of three houses +
Bermondsey Place East Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jan 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0414/F
Brick and upvc framed conservatory *
2 Garfield Villa Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 9 May 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0044/F
GIS
Rowan Lodge Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jan 1999
CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0165/CD
Discharge of Condition 6 of pp 06/24/0921/LB (Alterations to facilitate conversion of 4no. 1 bedroom flats into 2no. 1 bedroom flats) : Details of proposed guardrail behind the existing balustrade
13 Camperdown Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB
Received 27 Feb 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0881/F
1st floor bedroom & bathroom to new roof replacing existing flat felt roof
41 California Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3NS NR29 3NS
Received 10 Nov 2005

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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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