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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
27,893Searchable applications
244Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,687 approved or refused records
2,629Refused applications

19,058 approved · 2,629 refused · 1,179 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 1995 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0064/F

    Change of use garage to kitchen, outhouse to bathroom and utility, pitched roof replacing flat roof *

    6 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Jan 2002
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0749/CU

    Change of use from warehouse to workshop

    Unit 9 Bells Marsh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Aug 2004
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0186/F

    Detached double garage +

    130 Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Feb 2002
  4. EST/LAW USE CER.06/24/0860/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Established Use, to confirm the existing use of 33 Beaconsfield Road, Great Yarmouth, as a small House in Multiple Occupation (C4)

    33 Beaconsfield Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4JN

    Received 31 Oct 2024
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0657/F

    New access and vehicle hard standing for car for disabled user

    12 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DB

    Received 4 Sept 2008
  6. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0052/A

    GIS

    California Cliffs Holiday Park Rottenstone Lane Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Jan 1999
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0922/BF

    Alterations and extensions to form2 additional bedrooms conservatory and enlargement of kitchen and dining room

    Broadwater Cottage The Loke Filby Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 31 Oct 2006
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0024/F

    Extension and alterations to existing carport to form home gym and utility room

    2 Repps Mill Barns Mill Lane Repps NR29 4FF

    Received 14 Jan 2014
  9. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/15/0508/LB

    Repairs and modernisation

    3 Row 76 South Quay GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2QR

    Received 6 Aug 2015
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0199/F

    GIS

    49 Rosedale Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Mar 1999
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0314/F

    Variation of condition 4 of planning permission no. 06/02/0035/F - changes to opening hours

    60 Station Road South The Tavern PH Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AA

    Received 10 May 2016
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0196/F

    Single storey extension to form classroom and disabled persons changing room

    East Norfolk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Apr 2010
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0084/F

    Relocation of car park entrance for Winterton Beach car park due to coastal erosion. Entrance to be relocated 18m west & further inland of the current location with a new entrance formed on north side of existing public highway and a new hard surfaced section 3m long.

    Winterton Beach car park Beach Road Winterton on sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4AJ

    Received 4 Feb 2022
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0048/CU

    Change of use of property from residential care home to hostel

    30 St Georges Road Central Hotel Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jan 1996
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0464/F

    Conversion of former Children Services Offices to Residential Home for Children and Independent School

    22 Euston Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1EA

    Received 19 Jul 2011
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0019/F

    GIS

    57 Seaview Rise Bancrest Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SE

    Received 12 Jan 1999
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0005/F

    GIS

    The Old Malthouse Cobholm Great Yarmouth (adjacent to 120 Mill Road)

    Received 7 Jan 1997
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0081/SU

    Demolition of eighteen garages and erection of two 3 bed, 5 person houses and a one bed, 2 person bungalow with parking

    Clare Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7NU

    Received 16 Feb 2010
  19. LIST.BLD.APP06/08/0595/LB

    Replace damaged asbestos sheet roof finish with spanish slate as originally fitted.Replace all high level rotten timber including shaped fascia's and bargeboards.Redecorate timber in matching paint colours.

    Main Stand Wellesley Recreation Ground Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1EY

    Received 8 Aug 2008
  20. NO OBJECTION06/99/0437/SU

    GIS

    Tar Works Road Great Yarmouth (County Council Area Offices)

    Received 24 May 1999
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0213/F

    Proposed amalgamation of Units 1-6 including change of shop fronts, external alterations and works

    Units 1-6, Shopping Centre High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RL

    Received 9 Apr 2010
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0643/F

    Demolition of old buildings and erection of two disabled adapted housing *

    Isaacs Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth (former Laundry)

    Received 16 Jul 2002
  23. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0429/A

    Installation of 7 no fascia signs

    McDonald's Restaurant Purley Court Gapton Hall Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LZ

    Received 22 Jun 2016
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/02/0074/A

    Shop signage to elevations, directional shop signage, information/advertise signage to the site areas +

    A12/Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth (land between)

    Received 29 Jan 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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