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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
27,456Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,319 approved or refused records
2,567Refused applications

18,752 approved · 2,567 refused · 1,160 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/04/0229/F

    Extension and improvements

    Scout HQ Marsh Lane Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LU

    Received 10 Mar 2004
  2. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/02/0607/CC

    Demolition of Hales House incl full site clearance to make way for five executive detached dwellings

    Hales House King Street Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AT

    Received 4 Jul 2002
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1182/F

    Vary cond 1 of pp 06/99/0431/F for the erection of 4 Enercon E-66/1.5mw wind energy converters

    South Denes Industrial Area South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Dec 2004
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0612/F

    Build covered area over ladies W.C. entrance

    Sea Cadets HQ Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Aug 2008
  5. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/18/0189/CD

    Discharge of conditions 4, 5, 6 7 and 11 of Planning Permission 06/16/0353/O - Erection of a three bedroom detached dwelling

    The Bakery The Street Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4EU

    Received 29 Mar 2018
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0748/F

    Bedroom extension at rear and kitchen extension at side *

    10 Gannet Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NT

    Received 27 Sept 2001
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0883/F

    Refurbishment of garages including new roof cladding and roller shutter doors

    213/214 Northgate Street Arthur Jary and Sons Ltd Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Sept 2004
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0954/F

    Demolition of bungalow and erection of new chalet bungalow

    14/16 Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QW

    Received 13 Oct 2003
  9. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/07/0017/O

    Extension to existing store

    ASDA Store Acle New Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 5 Jan 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0424/F

    Variation of condition 4 of planning permission 06/07/0016/F for change of use of unit 2 from Class A1 shop to Class A3 restaurant and cafe

    Former Saturns Amusement Arcade Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HT

    Received 27 May 2008
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0933/PDE

    Prior Approval notification - larger home extension - removal of existing conservatory and replace with larger conservatory 5.2m from rear wall, 3.7m tall (2.2m to eaves)

    10 Bell Meadow Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4UA

    Received 4 Nov 2021
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0300/F

    Extension and alterations

    The Norfolk Barn New Road Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Apr 2008
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0006/F

    The removal of former agricultural building and the construction of a new dwelling house (Plot 1)

    Top Farm Martham Road West Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 6 Jan 2015
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0067/F

    Extension to living room and new conservatory *

    7 Rectory Close Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HW

    Received 29 Jan 2003
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0767/A

    GIS

    Victoria Arcade King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Sept 1997
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0835/F

    Two storey extension over existing yard area

    24 Bridge Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 1JU

    Received 24 Sept 2007
  17. LIST.BLD.REFUSE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/03/0458/LB

    Conversion of main block to seventeen self-contained flats and construction of eight terraced houses to rear

    Former Art College Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 May 2003
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0156/F

    GIS

    Stone Cottage The Street Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4EU

    Received 27 Feb 1997
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0865/CU

    Retrospective application for a change of use from retail to cafe and offices

    140 High Street Steam House Cafe Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RB

    Received 12 Oct 2021
  20. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0995/CD

    Discharge of Condition 10 of pp 06/21/0313/D (Phase 2 of outline pp 06/16/0391/SU, comprising 44 dwellings and associated works) - Details of proposed Electric Vehicle Charging details.

    Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston

    Received 20 Dec 2024
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0747/F

    Erection of conservatory

    79 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QF NR29 3QF

    Received 22 Aug 2007
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0588/F

    Single storey extension to front and rear of property.

    Sunny Lodge 1 Bush Road Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BZ

    Received 10 Oct 2019
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0557/F

    Proposed amendment to garage (as approved under pp.06/20/0117/F) - changes to site plan, appearance and layout

    Boundary House 158 Burgh Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR318AX

    Received 24 Jun 2021
  24. Scoping Issued06/22/1066/ESP

    EIA Scoping Opinion for proposed Links Road foodstore and residential development

    Land South of Links Road and East of Lowestoft Road Hopton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9AN

    Received 24 Nov 2020

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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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