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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

28,398Searchable applications

236Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 22,125 approved or refused records

2,721Refused applications

19,404 approved · 2,721 refused · 1,193 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/00/0625/F
New front entrance extension and rear lounge extension *
5 Oriel Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jul 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0594/F
Formation of vehicular access onto Butt Lane and associated change of use of land to garden land
7 Mount Pleasant/Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth (land adjacent)
Received 13 Jul 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0765/F
Convert garage and extend to form granny annexe
1 Busseys Loke Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 1 Sept 2006
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/17/0089/F
Conversion of former bed and breakfast accommodation into 4 room HMO
Flints 46 St Georges Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2JT
Received 16 Feb 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0830/F
GIS
6 Sandpiper Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Oct 1997
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0110/F
Proposed demolition of garage and erection of side extension; erection of new garden annex to front elevation; new driveway area to front.
45 Norwich Road Caister on sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JP
Received 8 Feb 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0314/F
Variation of condition 6 of PP 06/14/0697/F - visibility splay reduced to 38 metres
16 Crab Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DJ
Received 26 May 2015
CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/00/0795/CC
Demolition of single-storey extension to allow for conversion/extension to form two units of accommodation
Former Village Stores The Green Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Sept 2000
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0786/F
GIS
The Cottage Manor Gardens Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BT
Received 5 Oct 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0073/F
New bus shelters
Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 6 Feb 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0886/SU
GIS
Davolls Court Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Oct 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0620/F
Proposed roof conversion to form bedroom incorporating Velux or similar rooflights over existing garage
3 York Villa Close Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JN
Received 2 Oct 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0017/F
Two storey extension incorporating garage conversion
4 Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE
Received 8 Jan 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0225/F
Single storey side extension
Whynot The Street Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4EU
Received 18 Apr 2019
EST/LAW USE CER.06/00/0185/EU
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of self contained flat as a single dwelling *
Flat 13 Camperdown Court 34/36 Camperdown Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Mar 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0925/CU
Change of use from pool club/ amusement arcade to hot food take-away +
California Pool Club Rottenstone Lane Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Nov 2001
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0018/CD
Discharge of Condition 13 of pp 06/23/0926/VCF (Demolition of college building and erection of a new discount foodstore with access and car parking) - Details of Foundations Works Risk Assessment and Foundation Design Strategy.
Trafalgar College Thamesfield Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0DN
Received 14 Jan 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0537/F
Extensions to kitchen and to form two bedrooms and shower room
16 Old Church Road Hopton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9BZ NR31 9BZ
Received 13 Jun 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0675/F
GIS
Homestead (adj) Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Aug 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0676/O
Single storey dwelling +
Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Aug 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1102/F
New shop front *
203 Northgate Street Futters Bookmakers Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Dec 2002
WITHDRAWN06/04/1146/F
Garage
4 Damgate Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth (at youth hostel conversion)
Received 29 Nov 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0948/F
Rear sun lounge extension *
187 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9ER
Received 30 Oct 2002
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/22/0170/CD
Discharge of condition 4 of pp. 06/20/0698/CU - details of proposed Site Layout and Parking Plan
Centre 81 Yare House Morton Peto Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LT
Received 8 Feb 2022

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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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