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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

29,533Searchable applications

238Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,091 approved or refused records

2,883Refused applications

20,208 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0817/F
GIS
Edison Way Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NG
Received 16 Oct 1998
WITHDRAWN06/95/0692/F
Remove occupancy condition to allow residential use of bungalows
Sand Dune Cottages rear of 57A Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Aug 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0163/F
Renewal of Planning Permission 06/13/0014/F - To allow siting of childrens coin operated rides on forecourt
Treasure Island Amusements Newport Road Newport Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4NW
Received 13 Mar 2015
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/23/0555/CD
Proposed discharge of Condition 20 of pp 06/21/0415/F - Contamination Risk Assessment and Remediation Strategy
Land South of South denes Road and South Beach Parade Geat Yarmouth NR30 3QF
Received 2 Aug 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0710/F
GIS
Former Telephone Exchange Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Sept 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0906/F
Stable block comp 3 stables & and one tack room to be used in conjunction with private grazing meadow
Liffens Holiday Park Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth (grazing land north of)
Received 20 Sept 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0881/F
Extension to form kitchen and alterations
27 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7PG NR31 7PG
Received 16 Oct 2006
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/06/0504/LB
Proposed repositioning of front boundary wall to improve existing vehicular access
Grange Farm Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS NR29 3HS
Received 5 Jun 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0009/F
Rear extension *
9 Nightingale Close Scratby Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Jan 2001
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/09/0605/F
Extension to form two bedrooms on front elevation
49 Brooke Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5QY
Received 17 Sept 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0721/F
Variation of condition 2 of Planning Permission 06/12/0202/ F - Design changes to plot 1
Hall Farm Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JB
Received 3 Dec 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0372/F
GIS
20 Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 7 May 1997
CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/16/0111/CC
Demolition of unsafe three storey storage building. Erection of 3 no three storey starter homes
Warehouse adj 4 Stonecutters Way GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HF
Received 10 Feb 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0585/F
Conversion of flat roof dormer to pitched roof dormer *
14 Mulberry Grove Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QJ
Received 30 Jul 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0657/F
Proposed four bedroom chalet bungalow to rear garden
91 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8HA
Received 20 Oct 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0176/F
Amendment to condition 6 of 06/94/0747/F - period of use to be 1st March to 31st December
Welcome Farm Tourist Centre Butt Lane Burgh Castle (former Caravanserai and Welcome Farm Tourist Centre)
Received 4 Mar 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0469/F
Two-storey rear extension to dwelling and alterations and renovations to barn *
Ormesby Cottage Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 23 May 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0254/F
Demolish sub standard rear extension, rebuild rear extension and relocate bathroom
10 Grange Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5BA
Received 28 Apr 2010
PERMITTED DEV.06/05/0369/F
Change of opening hours of chinese takeaway
182 Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6NN
Received 10 May 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0263/F
Removal of condition no 6ii of Enforcement Notice to allow trading outside the hours of 10:00 and 20:00 on any day
Beach Road Ali Tandoori (Kiosks Adjacent) Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HS
Received 16 Apr 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0019/F
Portacabin for continued use as a temporary workshop
The Grange High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jan 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0448/CU
Change of use from dwelling to guest house *
5/6 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JA
Received 17 May 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0364/F
Extension over flat roof extension to form bedroom
1 Headington Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8DW
Received 17 Jun 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0689/F
GIS
91 Garfield Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4JX
Received 28 Aug 1998

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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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