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20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

WITHDRAWN06/97/0586/BU
GIS
Main Road (OS 5018) Billockby Great Yarmouth (Fleggburgh Parish)
Received 8 Jul 1997
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0905/F
First floor extension to form two bedrooms with en-suite shower rooms
20 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3RY NR29 3RY
Received 24 Oct 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0447/F
Extend existing rear garage, demolish side garage and replace with car port *
120 Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 14 May 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0616/F
Front extension to bungalow to enlarge bedrooms
21 Covent Garden Road Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 19 Aug 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0228/F
Alterations and extensions
3 Summerfield Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LY
Received 29 Mar 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0136/F
Siting of 2 x 12cu. m. refuse containers from March to October
Adjacent to access track off Winterton Road (access to Long Beach Estate) Hemsby
Received 24 Feb 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0412/F
Renewal of PP for 2 storey modular office complex and 3 storey modular 'Yorkon' office with associated parking
5 Edison Way Gapton Hall Ind. Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NG
Received 12 Jun 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0449/F
Installation of ATM machine through existing shop front *
McDonalds Restaurant 114 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AB
Received 20 May 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0983/CU
GIS
Unit 5 Queens Road Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Dec 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0082/SU
Environmental improvement works
41/76 South Quay/ 2/40 Nottingham Way (evens)/ 7/30 Clarendon Close/access land/garages Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jan 1996
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/95/0175/BL
Raise brickwork to gable end before rethatching
Thatched House The Street Thurne Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Mar 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0814/F
Erection of two 12 inch diameter chimney stacks *
Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Sept 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0592/F
Proposed alterations, single storey extensions and a detached garage
28 Fairway Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5BX
Received 25 Sept 2012
WITHDRAWN06/10/0368/F
Erection of 1 no wind turbine electric generator
Lilac Cottage Main Road Billockby Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jun 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0597/HH
Proposed single storey side and rear extension
32 Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7EZ
Received 6 Jul 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0204/F
Remove glass and plywood sides and replace with sheet metal, replace door with roller shutter door *
Valley Works Cess Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RF
Received 13 Mar 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0338/F
GIS
White House Farm Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 6 May 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0563/F
Rear two-storey extension
16 Broome Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PB
Received 10 Sept 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0637/BF
Demolish cart shed and build detached garage *
White House Farm Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jul 2000
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0138/A
Various building-mounted and free standing signs
Brewers Fayre & Premier Inn Runham Road/North River Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SH
Received 8 Mar 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0773/F
Single storey extension to kitchen & lounge, new tiled roof to conservatory & cladding to main house.
Ridgeback House Heath Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 3 Oct 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0966/O
Residential development. 12 park homes and access road and improvments to Market Road,
Blue Sky Holiday Park Market Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9ED
Received 29 Nov 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0170/F
Proposed single storey extension to rear
15 Beechwood Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LP
Received 14 Mar 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0351/F
Double storey extension to rear
Stone Lane Cottage Main Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5DP
Received 21 Jun 2018

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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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