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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

27,763Searchable applications

244Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 21,583 approved or refused records

2,607Refused applications

18,976 approved · 2,607 refused · 1,176 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0023/F
Proposed erection of hot food takeaway building and external portable refrigeration unit
Caister Holiday Centre Ormesby Road Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5NQ
Received 11 Jan 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0405/F
Single storey rear extension and the demolition of existing garage
56 Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8HH
Received 13 Aug 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1027/F
Disabled persons toilet at the club house
Great Yarmouth & Caister Golf Club Beach House Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TD
Received 25 Oct 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0539/F
Proposed sun room extension to rear
12 The Mews Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6TW
Received 20 Oct 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0974/F
GIS
Liffens Holiday Park Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Dec 1998
WITHDRAWN06/05/0632/O
Erection of a two storey dwelling house
Salisbury Road (Former Railway Land) Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Aug 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0795/F
Vertical extension to amusement arcade to form two residential units +
California Amusements The Arcade California Road California Great Yarmouth NR29 3QW
Received 9 Sept 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0617/F
GIS
3 Avenue Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Jul 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0701/F
Warehouse/wholesale distribution building with associated parking and yard area.
Nelson Yard (Former) Salmon Road/South Denes Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 9 Sept 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0513/CU
Change of use from A1 retail to canine massage therapist
Shake Rattle & Roll 71 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RQ
Received 28 Jul 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0709/SU
GIS
10-18 Coronilla Green 31-60 Elder Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0780/F
GIS
15 Baker Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Oct 1996
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/24/0319/F
Redevelopment of land to form a residential plot and construction of detached 3 bedroom house and garage.
Land adjacent (to the north of) 1 Rosedale Gardens Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9PL
Received 26 Apr 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0914/F
GIS
43 Chestnut Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PL
Received 13 Nov 1998
WITHDRAWN06/17/0248/F
Single storey side and rear extension and front porch
3 Garden Court Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HH
Received 13 Apr 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/1094/HH
First floor side extension over existing garage. External alterations and part conversion of garage, and removal of conservatory to the rear.
62 Primrose Way Bradwell NR31 8RN
Received 18 Dec 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0085/F
Extension to front and side to form shower, wc and porch *
1 Dales Court Hunter Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jan 2002
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0483/A
Hanging sign in front garden
1 Cliff Park Cottages Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JL NR31 6JL
Received 26 May 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0171/F
GIS
Havenbridge House North Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Mar 1997
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0476/CD
Discharge of Condition 11 of pp 06/22/0827/D (Approval of Reserved Matters details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for a residential development comprising 93 dwellings and associated works (Phase 6 of the Wheatcroft Farm development) - Details of cycle storage
Land west of Woodfarm Lane (Bluebell Meadow) Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jun 2025
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0688/CD
Proposed discharge of condition 9 of application 06/23/0918/F -Travel Plan
James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston NR31 6LA
Received 29 Aug 2024
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/12/0631/F
Single storey front extension
8 Ormesby Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5LA
Received 15 Oct 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0750/F
Demolish and rebuild entrance porch (revised plans)
Bradgate Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU NR31 9PU
Received 22 Aug 2007
NO OBJECTION06/02/0325/SU
Permanent retention of mobile classroom unit *
John Grant Special School St Georges Drive Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Apr 2002

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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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