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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

27,744Searchable applications

244Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 21,564 approved or refused records

2,605Refused applications

18,959 approved · 2,605 refused · 1,176 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/97/0981/F
GIS
22 Gainsborough Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Dec 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0140/BF
GIS
Chapel Lea Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Feb 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0754/F
GIS
Discount Fencing Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR30 0LS
Received 16 Sept 1997
NO OBJECTION06/22/0793/TEL
installation of 2 x 10m wooden poles for fixed line broadband
O/S 57 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HU
Received 11 Aug 2022
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/03/1009/LB
Conversion of first floor to living accommodation including a kitchen and bathroom; change of ground floor to restaurant
4 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1HX
Received 27 Oct 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0381/F
Proposed two storey rear extension, balcony first floor
3 Rowan Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4RY
Received 27 May 2016
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/22/0328/LB
Adding 30 solar panels to the roof of existing swimming pool building which is connected to conservatory building that is connected to listed building. The panels are all black mono solar panels.
3 The Old Rectory Heath Road Rollesby NR29 5HJ
Received 10 Apr 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0469/F
Proposed porch
100 Granville Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0BY NR31 0BY
Received 12 Jul 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0839/F
Proposed single storey side extension
21 Hampton Close Caister-on-sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5AY
Received 16 Sept 2021
NO OBJECTION06/02/0835/MM
GDO Part 24 application - 10m high telegraph pole type telecom mast/shrouded antennae & ass'd equipment cabinet *
Beatty Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4BA
Received 20 Sept 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0267/F
Demolition of existing building & erection of single storey dwelling
Burgh Castle Nursery Mill Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QS
Received 17 May 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0181/F
Flat roof office extension
Faraday Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Mar 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0004/F
Single storey side and rear extension; replacement roof and carport addition
27 Warren Road Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JT
Received 7 Jan 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0498/F
Rear extension over existing extension and porch to front
4 Recreation Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6LX
Received 13 Aug 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0574/F
Variation of condition 3 of Planning Permission 06/13/0485/F - to use first floor as a home office as well as storage
Taypen Lodge Thrigby Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HJ
Received 8 Sept 2014
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0519/F
1.83m (6ft) high wooden fence 0.915m (3ft) in from boundary to enclose side garden
12 The Cobbleways Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AG
Received 10 Jul 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1031/F
Proposed conversion of three barns into 3no. 5 bedroom dwellings, associated works including part demolition and extensions with associated amenity space and parking: New access road and removal of some ancillary extensions and buildings
Burghwell Lodge Market Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9EN
Received 29 Nov 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0298/F
Demolish dwelling and rebuild bungalow
7 Little Scratby Crescent The Promenade Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PB
Received 2 May 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0896/CU
Change of use from guest house to residential *
9 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2HG
Received 2 Nov 2000
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/12/0457/CU
Change of use of three holiday flats to residential
Wishing Well Lodge 29 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JA
Received 9 Jul 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0484/F
GIS
14 Thames Way Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Jul 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0046/F
Two-storey brick and tiled pitched roof extension *
4 Quay Angel Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jan 2001
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0484/F
Proposed extension and alterations
7 Jordan Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LN
Received 31 Jul 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0101/F
Demolition of existing garage and proposed new garage
24 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6HD
Received 17 Feb 2011

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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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