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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
29,542Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,105 approved or refused records
2,883Refused applications

20,222 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0577/PDE

    Notification of a larger home extension - single storey rear extension

    10 Marine Drive Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5NP

    Received 18 Sept 2014
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0128/F

    Addition of Gymnasium, Changing Rooms and Store

    Martham Youth Club Playing Field Lane Matham Norfolk

    Received 2 Mar 2011
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0835/F

    GIS

    43 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NA

    Received 1 Nov 1996
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1059/F

    Renewal of planning permission no 06/98/0849/F for Rubb shelter (type THA) 12m x 10m existing

    Itron (UK) Ltd Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PX

    Received 11 Nov 2003
  5. NO OBJECTION06/22/0981/TEL

    Removal of existing 3 no. antennas and the installation of 3 no. replacement antennas. Installation of 2 no. 600m dishes and no. 3 cabinets. Upgrades to feeder cables and fixings. Ancillary development thereto.

    Martham Water Tower Bensley Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QE

    Received 20 Oct 2022
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0017/F

    Erection of wooden shed for storage of horse tack and feeds

    Lound Road Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jan 1996
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0964/F

    Conversion of workshop/store into offices and extension of porch

    Coastground Ltd Morton Peto Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell

    Received 29 Nov 1995
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0430/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order No.2 1998 - T1 & T2 (Beech) - Fell to ground level and replant

    High House Lound Road Browston NR31 9DS

    Received 3 Jun 2025
  9. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0260/A

    GIS

    Holiday Club Pontins Hemsby Holiday Centre Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HL

    Received 31 Mar 1998
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0125/F

    Installation of three satellite dishes and TV aerial to rear; two replacement air conditioning units

    111 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AE

    Received 25 Feb 2014
  11. WITHDRAWN06/22/0299/HH

    Proposed single storey extension with roof lights to the rear of the property

    25 Blackbird Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8RT

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  12. WITHDRAWN06/21/0794/F

    Proposed change of use from retail to retail and visitor information / heritage centre on ground floor (sui generis use), and 2 no. flats on first and second floors with attic space either converted into a second bedroom for flat 2 or as an artist's studio . Enlargement of door, reinstatement of 2 windows and insertion of 1 window in southern elevation of attic.

    14 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2NX

    Received 16 Sept 2021
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0408/F

    Extension to existing garage to form double garage

    12 Fastnet Way Caister on Sea NR30 5TS

    Received 3 Jun 2014
  14. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/03/0761/A

    Sign with yellow plastic lettering *

    Unit 1a Boundary Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Aug 2003
  15. PERMITTED DEV.06/16/0067/PDE

    Notification of a larger home extension - proposed conservatory

    31 South Garden Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6TL

    Received 11 Feb 2016
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0504/F

    Removal of flat roof, extensions to dining room and new mono pitched roof *

    159 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jun 1994
  17. NO OBJECTION06/14/0694/SU

    Extension to Chapman Centre

    Chapman Centre Great Yarmouth High School Salisbury Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4LS

    Received 29 Oct 2014
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0426/CU

    GIS

    21/24 Nelson Road South The Redruth Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 3JL

    Received 21 May 1999
  19. EST/LAW USE CER.06/97/0086/EU

    GIS

    6 Kent Square Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Feb 1997
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/14/0726/A

    Consent for existing advert hoarding

    Vauxhall House Vauxhall Station GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1SD

    Received 16 Oct 2014
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0005/F

    Change of use general store into two self-contained flats and associated alterations *

    Castle Stores Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jan 2000
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0508/F

    Subdivision of existing hotel into two guest houses

    The Collingwood 25-26 Princes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2DG

    Received 28 Jul 2009
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0488/F

    Single storey extension to front and insertion of window at first floor to side

    7 Blanks Close Mautby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3JF NR29 3JF

    Received 26 May 2006
  24. NO OBJECTION06/23/0420/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1 x 9m wooden telephone pole for fixed line Broadband opp. 29 University Crescent

    University Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QL

    Received 2 Jun 2023

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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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