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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
28,284Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 22,026 approved or refused records
2,695Refused applications

19,331 approved · 2,695 refused · 1,191 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/09/0179/F

    Proposed 2.4m high fence

    11 Scratby Crescent Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3QS

    Received 17 Mar 2009
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0031/F

    Loft conversion; extension and internal alterations; erection of double garage

    Avan Vine Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HQ

    Received 13 Jan 2004
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0052/F

    Single storey extension to rear

    21 Heather Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PP

    Received 24 Jan 2005
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0011/F

    Proposed roof conversion to create new bedroom

    12 John Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LF NR31 6LF

    Received 9 Jan 2017
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0442/SU

    Environmental improvements

    2-20 (evens) St Francis Way Great Yarmouth NR30 1LJ NR30 1LJ

    Received 1 Jun 2000
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0883/F

    Restaurant, childrens play room, covered walkway & hire shop extensions and crazy golf area *

    Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Nov 2001
  7. APPROVED BY NCC06/04/1070/SU

    Amendments to planning permission no 06/03/0591/F to form car park

    Brooklands Centre Shrublands Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Norfolk Psychological Service)

    Received 8 Nov 2004
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0321/F

    Proposed raised terraced area with glazed screens & lighting

    The Pub on the Prom 76-77 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2DH

    Received 17 May 2011
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0288/F

    Proposed ground floor extensions to front and rear

    112 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RQ

    Received 1 May 2009
  10. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0350/F

    Extension to form six new bedrooms, improved laundry, new assisted bathroom and day room

    Salisbury Residential Home 20 Marine Crescent Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Apr 2008
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0042/F

    GIS

    4 Waunci Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Jan 1998
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0593/CU

    Change of use from commercial offices to education (teaching and training) *

    225 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Aug 2001
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0078/O

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/96/0701/O for trunk road service area and 60- person restaurant +

    A12 (T) Hopton Southbound at junc of A12/Old Lowestoft Road

    Received 2 Feb 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0493/F

    Garage conversion to form sitting room and single bedroom

    15 Coxswain Read Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AW

    Received 28 May 2004
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0794/F

    Proposed conversion of office to self contained flat

    44 St Georges Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2EU

    Received 10 Nov 2014
  16. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0769/A

    New signage

    Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB

    Received 21 Dec 2012
  17. Accept Amend Notice06/14/0473/NMA

    Non material amendment for 06/13/0750/F - Move third window in garage opposite wall, change position of office window. French doors x 5 sets. Change roof tiles

    West View Lowestoft Road Great Yarmouth NR31 9BD

    Received 29 Jul 2014
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0173/F

    Erection of a single storey building for mixed A3/A5 (restaurant and hot food takeaway) use, incorporating a 'Drive-Thru' lane, car and cycle parking and associated landscaping and boundary treatment

    Mitchell Drive and Jones (GC) Way (Land off) Plot 3 GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0GA/0GB

    Received 16 Mar 2018
  19. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0325/CD

    Discharge of Condition 11 of pp 06/20/0278/F (Conversion of public housing into dwelling and erection of 4no. dwellings) - Details of proposed foul water drainage scheme.

    Former First and Last Public House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QG

    Received 16 Mar 2024
  20. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/15/0034/CD

    Discharge conditions 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 & 13 of 06/13/0174/F & 06/13/0175/LB (4 dwellings) in respect of materials, finishings, landscaping & boundary treatments

    20 - 21 South Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2RG

    Received 19 Jan 2015
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0734/F

    Variation of condition 5 of PP 06/15/0187/F in respect of hours of operation of external plant

    New Beach Hotel Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2EJ

    Received 7 Dec 2015
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0189/BF

    Erection of garage in rear garden *

    1 Croft Hill Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3EU

    Received 27 Feb 2002
  23. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0693/LB

    GIS

    Middlegate Utd Reformed Church Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Sept 1996
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0546/F

    Conservatory to side (partially constructed)

    10 Paddock Close Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NT

    Received 27 Aug 2010

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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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