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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 · 23,110 approved or refused records

2,883Refused applications

20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/07/0833/F
New two storey dwelling
34 Willow Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JH NR31 8JH
Received 24 Sept 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0403/F
Proposed two storey rear extension
27 Saxon Gardens Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AH
Received 9 Jul 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0424/F
Retrospective construction of an amended access road to Peaking Power Generation Plant and Ancillary Equipment
Land at Hobland Farm Sidegate Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RA
Received 10 May 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0419/F
GIS
8 Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 20 May 1997
EST/LAW USE CER.06/95/0525/EU
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as self-contained residential flats
15 Walpole Road Great Yarmouth (Flats 1, 2 and 3)
Received 20 Jun 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0393/CU
Change of use from residential to a home for six people with a learning disability
67 Newnham Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7JS
Received 2 May 1995
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0102/O
Two detached houses and garages
113 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Feb 2005
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0814/F
GIS
96 Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Oct 1999
OBJECTION06/03/1070/MM
GDO Part 24 app - instal 15m monopole, 6 panel antennae, two microwave dishes, radio equip cabs & ancillary dev's
Highfield Farm Heath Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HJ
Received 10 Nov 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0003/F
Construction of detached house
Sidegate Road (Site off) Sidegate Road Hopton on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AL
Received 4 Jan 2021
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0509/F
Variation of condition no 7 of pp 6/77/954/F - change to 6-wk occupancy restriction - allow occupancy from 01/03 to 14/01
Bermuda Holiday Park Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NN
Received 30 Jun 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0549/F
Bungalow and garage +
20 Church Lane (rear of) Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QW
Received 9 Jun 2003
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/98/0926/D
GIS
Primrose Farm (land at) Cromer Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Nov 1998
CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/10/0631/CC
Conversion and extension of existing building to form two retail units and seven flats
15 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AH
Received 15 Oct 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0030/F
Retrospective application for wooden stable block to house three horses and associated use of land for grazing
Meadow opposite The Two Cottages The Street West Somerton Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Jan 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0807/F
Replacement of existing tiles and replacement windows (revised submission)
18 Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3AX
Received 21 Sept 2021
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0303/F
Single storey rear extension to provide self-contained bedsit accommodation
35 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BH
Received 4 May 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0850/CU
GIS
62 Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Oct 1997
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0660/A
GIS
Regent Boulevard/Temple Road Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Aug 1999
WITHDRAWN06/99/0209/F
Reconstruct No 11, refurbish/ ext No 10 to create two retail units on grnd flr, office unit on 1st flr & flat on 2nd flr *
10 and 11 Row 48 Great Yarmouth NR30 1HU
Received 10 Mar 1999
Accept Amend Notice06/21/0948/NMA
Non material amendment for pp. 06/19/0385/F - Minor alteration to car park layout
Hemsby Beach Holiday Park (Seacroft) Beach Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 10 Nov 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0777/F
Erection of building comprising of two maisonettes with associated car parking and landscaping
33 Waveney Road (Land Adjoining) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0LB
Received 10 Nov 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0819/CU
Change of use of Park Lodge to holiday accommodation
Wild Duck Caravan Park Park Lodge Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Oct 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0742/F
First floor extension over existing flat roof area to form master bedroom
5 St James Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JN
Received 20 Dec 2013

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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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