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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

28,366Searchable applications

236Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 22,096 approved or refused records

2,716Refused applications

19,380 approved · 2,716 refused · 1,192 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0116/F
Erection of sectional concrete shed and sectional wooden shed on concrete base with block plinth
The Bungalow Hall Farm Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ
Received 14 Feb 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0307/F
Proposed rear extensions to lounge and kitchen, side extension to kitchen and front bay window
28 Buxton Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HG
Received 4 Jun 2018
Not proceeded with06/19/0448/O
TBC - Proposed redevelopment of land to the West of North Quay for up to 80 apartments and the provision of A1 retail space of approximately 542 square metres
71 North Quay (Land to the rear of) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1JF
Received 24 Jul 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0980/F
Front entrance porch to Nos 41 and 42 Nile Road and single storey rear extension to No 41 Nile Road *
41/42 Nile Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AS
Received 12 Nov 2002
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/17/0491/CD
Discharge of conditions 10, 11, 20, 21, 28 and 29 of planning permission consent 06/15/0309/F - construction of 189 dwellings and associated infrastructure (revised from 194 dwellings)
Beauchamp Grange (Pointers East) Ormesby Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5QB
Received 31 Jul 2017
REFUSED06/17/0330/PDE
Proposed rear garden room extension
7 Bittern Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5DY
Received 1 Jun 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0536/F
Provision of swimming pool, enclosure, terracing and all associated works
4 Bygone Close Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3FA
Received 17 Sept 2019
WITHDRAWN06/25/0607/CU
Change of use from residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to use as a 3-bedroom short-term holiday let rental property for lets of at least 90 days in a calendar year (sui generis use).
15 Willow Way Martham NR29 4SH
Received 25 Jul 2025
EST/LAW USE CER.06/03/0318/EU
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as house in multiple occupation *
82/84 Walpole Road The Driftwood Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 4NG
Received 7 Apr 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0865/F
GIS
Plot 3 Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Nov 1998
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/25/0829/HH
Retrospective replacement of half-timbered finish with render and horizontal timber cladding to the gable end and dormer; Alterations to the south porch and to the east porch (retrospective); Proposed dropped kerb and parking area off Gournay Avenue
2 Gournay Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DZ
Received 8 Oct 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0912/F
Proposed two storey side extension
30 Mallard Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8LX NR31 8LX
Received 24 Oct 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0187/HH
Proposed single storey rear extension
66 Springfield Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6AD
Received 22 Feb 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0422/F
Extension to rear for storage of shoes
19 & 19A Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 29 Jun 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0108/O
Proposed residential dwelling
51 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8DH NR31 8DH
Received 31 Jan 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0050/F
Two-storey rear extension +
11 Rowan Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jan 2003
ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/97/0248/A
GIS
32 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Mar 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0312/F
Proposed alterations and extensions
13 Black Street Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PN
Received 4 Jun 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0979/F
GIS
9 Olive Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Dec 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0100/F
Detached house
21 Berry Close (adj) Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Feb 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0170/F
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
5 Wagtail Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JR
Received 22 Mar 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0955/F
GIS
311 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Nov 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0542/F
Construction of single storey brick garage with flat roof
27 Potters Drive Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9RW
Received 12 Aug 2014
DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/99/0014/BM
GIS
Shallom Dyke Farm Marsh Road Thurne Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Jan 1999

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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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