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20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

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

WITHDRAWN06/08/0230/F
Detached car port, 2m high brick wall and access
The Olde Blackcurrant Farm Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Mar 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0994/F
Erection of garage next to existing garage with workshop at the back
52 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LD NR29 3LD
Received 28 Nov 2006
WITHDRAWN06/13/0419/A
Fascia sign with illuminated letters and logos. 2 internally illuminated projecting signs. 3 backlit illuminated ATM collars. 3 Internal marketing units with illuminated frames
1 King Street Burton Evans Great Yarmouth NR30 2BA
Received 9 Jul 2013
PERMITTED DEV.06/16/0511/PDE
Notification of a larger home extension - single storey rear extension
36 Bulmer Lane Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AF
Received 1 Aug 2016
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0459/F
Detached dormer bungalow consisting of one ground floor and one upper/roof floor and garage
Plot 1 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 23 May 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0541/CU
Change of use of land to south of playing field from agricultural land to recreational open space
Martham Coronation Rec Ground Playing Field Lane Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Jul 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0510/F
Replacement garage and proposed garden room
10 The Paddock Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HG
Received 29 Aug 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0114/F
Single storey front extension
Meadoway Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5ET
Received 24 Feb 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0681/F
Provision of sixth flat and revision of plans for 06/01/0184/F *
3 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jul 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0816/F
Proposed two-storey rear extension
2 Recreation Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 6LX
Received 14 Sept 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1038/F
New first floor shower room and two dormer windows
18 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7LT
Received 29 Nov 2007
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0738/CD
Discharge of Condition 4 of pp 06/22/0407/D (Demolition of care home and erection of fourteen three-storey houses with garaging at ground floor) ; Submission of Noise Impact Assessment
Abbeville Lodge Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SE
Received 8 Sept 2025
Undecided06/26/0741/CD
Discharge of Condition 19 (Biodiversity Net Gain Plan) of pp. 06/24/0614/F (Demolition of existing building and erection of 9 no. assisted living apartments and 1 no. staff apartment with adjoining office.)
Stepping Out 38 Hawthorn Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8ES
Received 17 Sept 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0157/F
Residential flat development for sixteen flats
Haven Bridge (adjacent) Riverside Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Feb 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0327/F
Two detached dwellings & two bungalows
21 Crab Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DJ
Received 11 Jun 2018
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/0323/BF
Demolish bungalow and construct two detached houses with integral garages
Broad Acre Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Apr 2004
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0544/F
Erection of shed for use of printing T.Shirts
Cherry Trees Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Aug 2011
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/18/0528/LB
Conversion and change of use to residential to form 6 self contained flats
141 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ
Received 10 Sept 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0015/F
GIS
MB's Leisure Bar Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Jan 1997
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/22/0397/PAD
Prior Approval - Change of use of agricultural barn to 1 no. dwelling
Heath View Ormesby Lane Filby NR29 3HX
Received 4 May 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0309/F
Proposed extension to side of existing house
7 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QB
Received 26 May 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0452/F
Proposed conservatory
45 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NS
Received 18 Jul 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0635/F
Single storey dwelling and ancillary works
397A The Glebe Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 14 Jul 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0668/F
Proposed caravan
3 Scratby Crescent Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QS
Received 7 Oct 2016

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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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