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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
28,194Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,948 approved or refused records
2,680Refused applications

19,268 approved · 2,680 refused · 1,188 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Aug 1995 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. APPROVED BY NCC06/04/0838/SU

    First floor extension to form additional classrooms

    St Nicholas (Priory) Middle School St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Aug 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0684/F

    GIS

    Janellan Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Aug 1997
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0082/F

    First floor side extension over garage to form two bedrooms and en-suite

    Nursery Cottage Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jan 2004
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0272/F

    Removal of existing outbuilding and construction of new dwelling within the rear garden of 36 Southtown Road accessed from Portland Court

    36 Southtown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0DT

    Received 2 Apr 2021
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0024/F

    Single storey rear extension

    41 Clydesdale Rise Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9UG

    Received 11 Jan 2012
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1021/F

    Extension to kitchen

    Park House Residential Home Alexandra Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Oct 2003
  7. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/02/0031/F

    Extension to form rooms in roof space and extension to bathroom and hall +

    25 Waveney Drive Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jan 2002
  8. WITHDRAWN06/14/0282/A

    Retrospective application for three signs

    Beach Road Lost World Adventure Golf Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Apr 2014
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0100/F

    Internal alterations to extend restaurant/reposition kitchen; blocking off of windows and repositioning of entrance *

    Bevans Restaurant Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HS

    Received 6 Feb 2002
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0893/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    5 Kent Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7LX

    Received 21 Oct 2021
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0408/F

    Conversion of existing traditional barns and storage buildings to five dwellings

    Winsford Hall Filby Road Stokesby With Herringby NR29 3DG

    Received 9 May 2022
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0175/F

    Extension to existing loft conversion

    12 Chapman Avenue Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5HS

    Received 19 Mar 2015
  13. APPROVE06/11/0651/CD

    Convert former art college to eighteen flats - discharge condition No's: 4K & 7 of 06/09/0317/LB relating to roller blinds and soft landscaping

    The College of Art & Design (Former) Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 28 Sept 2011
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0665/F

    Removal of occupancy condition from pp 06/92/0669/F to allow residential use of flats *

    22 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 29 Aug 2001
  15. APPROVED BY NCC06/02/1058/SU

    Extension to car park at side of building *

    Hillside First School Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PA

    Received 3 Dec 2002
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0416/F

    Installation of 3 No. semi-submerged Calor Gas tanks

    Royal Oak Public House Cromer Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT NR29 3JT

    Received 7 Jul 2010
  17. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/10/0740/CC

    Demolish the existing front boundary wall. Construct a new wall with railings and a gate, to match others in the area

    44 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JA

    Received 1 Dec 2010
  18. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/20/0276/F

    Demolition of a stable and tractor store building and erection of 1 no. dwelling with open cart shed garage

    Land West of Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DP

    Received 30 Jun 2020
  19. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0476/A

    Display case advertising church and community activities

    Costcutters Bridge Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Aug 2010
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0917/F

    First floor extension to form home cinema

    Beach Cottage 152 Beach Road Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Dec 2008
  21. Not proceeded with06/23/0921/F

    Installation of 6no EV charging stations and erection of associated canopies to provide 12no EV charging bays; Reconfiguration of car park and lighting; Erection of Electricity Substation; Installation of associated infrastructure and landscaping.

    Frankie And Benny's Restaurant 1 Mitchell Drive Great Yarmouth NR31 0GB

    Received 20 Dec 2023
  22. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/11/0168/A

    4 fascia signs, 2 totem signs and 2 information signs at rear entrance

    5 Pasteur Retail Park Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0DH

    Received 18 Mar 2011
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0553/F

    Single storey extension to front elevation to enlarge lounge area

    54 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BS

    Received 12 Sept 2013
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0568/F

    Proposed rear access to the first floor apartments

    36 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2EJ

    Received 27 Jun 2022

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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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