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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

27,650Searchable applications

244Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 21,484 approved or refused records

2,591Refused applications

18,893 approved · 2,591 refused · 1,176 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0066/F
Vary condition 7 of Planning Permission 06/05/0890/F to extend closing time to 12.30 AM
Gold Rush 35 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2EN
Received 25 Jan 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0385/F
GIS
Rollesby First School Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5EH
Received 6 May 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0515/F
Renewal of PP 06/12/0079/F - Proposed 6 no. residential dwellings with garages at land to rear of 156 Burgh Road. New double garage at 156
156 Burgh Road (land to rear of) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AX
Received 21 Aug 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0985/F
Conservatory *
1a North Road Highway Lodge Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SA
Received 13 Nov 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0295/F
GIS
Faircroft Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE
Received 14 Apr 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0810/F
Granny annexe in rear garden area *
Wingfield Drive Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Sept 2003
PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/25/0278/PDE
Application for Prior Approval for a larger home extension - Proposed single storey rear extension.
43 Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7HE
Received 3 Apr 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0155/F
Change of use from two houses to ten apartments
6/7 Sandown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 14 Feb 2007
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/19/0328/CD
Discharge of condition 20 of 06/17/0358/F - Remediation and removal of knotweed
Somerton Road (south of) & White Street (east of) Church Farm Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PQ
Received 14 Jun 2019
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0325/A
Sign Board
Gainsborough Court Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 2 Apr 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0588/F
Renewal of pp 06/99/0458/F for two-storey modular office complex (approx 9.6m x 60m)
5 Edison Way Central Stores Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jun 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0349/F
Rear bedroom and lounge extension
1 Martham Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Apr 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0984/F
GIS
2 Rosedale Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Dec 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0966/F
Change of use ground floor rear from residential to office/shop; alterations to first floor
166 168 and 169 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Dec 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0679/F
First floor office extension and associated works
Coastground Limited Morton Peto Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LT
Received 30 Oct 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0873/HH
Proposed extension and internal alterations to bungalow, removal of garage and construction of cart lodge
Grange Farm Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4RP
Received 28 Nov 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0515/F
Extension to front elevation and conservatory to rear
22 Ranworth Close Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Jul 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0458/F
Rear garden room extension and front porch *
Peter Ross Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 20 May 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0801/F
Extension and remodel including: two-storey rear extension, removal of uPVC porch (east side); Re-ordering of front (south elevation) and addition of west-facing sun room; Internal and external alterations
Hereford House Main Road Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LN
Received 17 Sept 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1037/F
Extension to ATM room and associated works
Tesco Stores Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 11 Dec 2006
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0940/A
GIS
11 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2BA
Received 19 Nov 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0080/F
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension - revised proposal
44 St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NS
Received 26 Feb 2013
NO OBJECTION06/22/0812/TEL
Installation of 1 x 9m wooden telephone pole for fixed line Broadband
OS 37 Sparrow Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SG
Received 5 Sept 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0201/F
Proposed conversion of former store buildings/offices to two flats
83 York Road (Rear of) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2LZ
Received 7 Mar 2008

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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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