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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

27,076Searchable applications

244Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 21,004 approved or refused records

2,524Refused applications

18,480 approved · 2,524 refused · 1,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Dec 1996 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

EST/LAW USE CER.06/99/0267/EU
GIS
35 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Mar 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0549/F
Conversion of garages to form a residential annexe
5 Pier Plain Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PE
Received 11 Nov 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0804/F
Ground floor extension to front
37 Mariners Compass Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TS
Received 3 Nov 2008
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0556/CU
Proposed Change of Use of existing garden room to Beauty Salon and all associated works
Tally Ho Hall Road Hopton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9AX
Received 20 Jul 2023
EST/LAW USE CER.06/11/0708/EU
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for office use, workshop for maintenance of vehicles, plant & machinery & use for storage, yard area used for storage. Site area workshop, yard & former residential annexe (now known as The Lodge)
D & M Vince Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS
Received 9 Nov 2011
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0023/F
Roof extension to form first floor bedroom with en-suite
3 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HX
Received 8 Jan 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0710/F
Remove existing garage, & replace with new
18 Elmhurst Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 8 Aug 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0012/F
GIS
90 Salisbury Road The Crossings Great Yarmouth NR30 4AA
Received 11 Jan 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0729/F
Two storey side extension to form residential annexe
24 Exeter Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7QD NR31 7QD
Received 7 Nov 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0542/F
Garden screen wall
1 Larch Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HJ
Received 10 Jun 2004
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/07/1068/LB
Change of use from public house with accommodation over to restaurant with two residential flats over
Two Necked Swan PH 6 Market Place Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 4 Dec 2007
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/20/0669/LB
Conversion of downstairs toilet into a shower room and associated works
The Lodge Hall Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LF
Received 7 Dec 2020
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/1051/F
GIS
Ormesby Old Hall Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Dec 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0411/F
Conversion of garage to bedroom and extension to rear and porch
New Lodge 15 Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Jun 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0243/F
Two-storey front extension
8 Lexington Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4ES
Received 29 Mar 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0981/F
Installation of artwork sculpture: 5m-tall pole-mounted steel and perspex heart with concrete foundation base.
Land at junction of Marine Parade and Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2DQ
Received 18 Dec 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0075/CU
GIS
17/18/19/20 Coxswain Read Way Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Jan 1999
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0341/F
Erection of two four-bedroomed two-storey houses, two three-bedroomed semi-detached cottages and three-bay detached garage block served from a private drive with associated parking
The Croft (Site adj) Martham Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5DR
Received 21 Jun 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0303/F
Demolition of shop and outbuildings and erection of two detached three-bedroomed bungalows with garages *
Enterprise Stores Fakes Road Newport Great Yarmouth NR29 4JL
Received 2 Apr 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0236/F
Two storey side extension with rear dormer window and associated alterations
30 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NS
Received 28 Mar 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0326/F
GIS
Trafalgar Yard (land opposite) Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Apr 1997
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/21/0312/D
Approval of reserved matters for pp. 06/16/0391/SU - Layout, appearance, scale and landscaping for Phase 3 comprising 17 dwellings and associated works
Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 19 Apr 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0149/F
GIS
1 Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Feb 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0402/F
New extension including "Granny" annexe, alterations to garage and replace existing flat roof with pitched roof
Westcroft Rectory Close Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HW NR29 5HW
Received 27 Apr 2007

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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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