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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
26,957Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 20,895 approved or refused records
2,506Refused applications

18,389 approved · 2,506 refused · 1,153 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/09/0462/F

    Conservatory

    4 Fell Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 17 Jul 2009
  2. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/15/0606/LB

    Change of use from offices to a single dwelling, residential annexe, Internal alterations.

    20 South Quay Custom House GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2RG

    Received 17 Sept 2015
  3. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/04/1127/D

    Residential development - three detached houses and garages on Plot Nos 1, 2 and 3

    Coal Yard/Bowling Green (former) Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth (Plot Nos 1, 2 and 3)

    Received 23 Nov 2004
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0683/O

    Division of land to form building plot for single dwelling and garage

    Beech House Farm (Land at) off Pound Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 31 Jul 2006
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0847/TRE

    Proposed works to protected trees (TPO No.8 1998) - 1m removed from top and 2 feet taken from the side adjacent the wall

    14 Stradbroke Road Gorleston NR31 7AQ

    Received 24 Oct 2024
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0966/BU

    Change of use of single storey building adj to Lion Inn to village shop *

    The Lion Inn The Street Thurne Great Yarmouth NR29 3AP

    Received 12 Dec 2001
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0180/F

    Single storey single wooden garage in rear of garden

    27 Bulmer Lane Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AF

    Received 20 Apr 2020
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/10/0140/F

    Side extension, conservatory & car port

    9 Arnott Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HS

    Received 9 Mar 2010
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0585/F

    Proposed loft conversion which includes extending the hip roof to form gablets and provision of dormers to front and rear elevations

    26 Kennel Loke Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU

    Received 7 Sept 2009
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0132/F

    Dem building erect 2-storey building for family rec & entertainment arena,restaurant &childrens play suite & creche

    The Holkham Hotel Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Feb 2001
  11. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/21/0146/F

    Detached self-build four-bedroomed dwelling

    35 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH (adjacent) NR29 3QE

    Received 18 Feb 2021
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0144/F

    Extension to dust extraction system +

    Unit 12 Longs Industrial Estate Wardrop Joinery Ltd Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BE

    Received 15 Feb 2002
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0955/F

    Three detached dwellings with garages

    25 White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE

    Received 13 Nov 2006
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0693/F

    Alterations & external galvanised staircase.

    Vantage House Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 8 Sept 2005
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0223/F

    GIS

    31 Exmouth Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Mar 1997
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0631/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission Consent 06/11/0515/F for a childs play fort

    7 James Gray Close Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DE

    Received 15 Sept 2016
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0122/F

    Retrospective establish continued use of existing building as 5 self contained flats

    38 Northgate Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1BH

    Received 1 Mar 2017
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1001/HH

    Proposed single storey wraparound extension

    10 Laburnum Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JB

    Received 21 Nov 2022
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0979/F

    GIS

    Field Farm Stud Low Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Dec 1999
  20. ADV. REFUSAL (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/20/0564/A

    Amend existing two 48-sheet advertising display hoarding to one 48-sheet digital advertising display

    Fullers Hill GREAT YARMOUTH (land at) NR30 1PR

    Received 12 Oct 2020
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0099/F

    GIS

    24 Regent Road Wrights Restaurant Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Feb 1999
  22. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0205/F

    Seven residential dwellings with garages / car space

    Beccles Road/Jews Lane (Land off) Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 24 Feb 2006
  23. APPROVE06/26/0611/TRE

    5 day notice - Urgent removal of dead tree due to safety reasons and in close proximity to the highway.

    Gotts Corner High Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth NR29 5JH

    Received 3 Aug 2026
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0179/F

    Kitchen and wc extension

    11 Selwyn Drive Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Feb 2004

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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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