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20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0128/F

    Erection of light industrial engineers workshop *

    Vanguard Road (land off) Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Feb 2002
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0814/HH

    First floor side extension

    Holly Cottage 24 Damgate Lane Martham NR29 4PZ

    Received 5 Oct 2025
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0141/CU

    Retrospective application for the change of use of a domestic swimming pool used in association with a dwelling, into a public swimming pool (Use Class F2(d)).

    Mill House 64 North Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3LE

    Received 19 Feb 2025
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0082/CU

    GIS

    28/29 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Feb 1997
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0490/F

    Change of use from disused funeral home into a ground floor residential flat

    48 High Street Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EH

    Received 17 Aug 2018
  6. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0380/CD

    Discharge of condition 12 of application 06/21/0796/F: (Demolition of school buildings and erection of 5no dwellings - Details of Part M4; water usage

    Former Edward Worlledge School Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED

    Received 10 May 2024
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0282/F

    Remove and resite existing 1800mm high close boarded fence to property boundary (reducing to 900mm high to front area of dwelling)

    29 Silver Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PD

    Received 7 May 2010
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0613/F

    Single storey front extension

    1 St Hildas Crescent Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7QR

    Received 7 Nov 2018
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0602/F

    Proposed siting of extraction equipment to rear; shopfront alterations and advertisement consent

    114C Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AB

    Received 6 Nov 2020
  10. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0746/F

    Lounge extension *

    26 Town Wall Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Aug 1994
  11. WITHDRAWN06/16/0669/F

    Conversion of former cart shed (Unit 1) to residential dwelling and associated works

    Cart Shed (Unit 1) Home Farm Waters Lane Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LE

    Received 10 Oct 2016
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0424/F

    Two-storey extension and porch

    Westacres Old Coast Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 May 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0933/F

    Erection of a 450mm dia satellite dish on wall of building

    1 Orford Close Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 6 Dec 2005
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0475/F

    Enlargement of existing porch*

    20 Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Jun 1994
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0600/F

    Front and rear extension; remove roof; additional height to eaves and replace roof to form additional accommodation at first floor

    23 The Holway Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BU

    Received 5 Nov 2020
  16. EST/LAW USE REF06/14/0126/EU

    Certificate of proposed lawful use for agriculture

    Sevenoaks Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Feb 2014
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0973/F

    GIS

    14 Brooke Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Nov 1999
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0742/CU

    Change of use from bakers shop A1 use to food and drink A3 use

    82b Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Aug 1994
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0577/F

    Demolition of lean-to extensions, construction of new committee room, kitchen, wc's and stores *

    Ormesby Village Centre Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jun 2002
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0527/F

    First floor extension to provide bathroom and lobby, extended kitchen at ground floor

    89 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BS

    Received 8 Jun 2004
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0679/F

    Removal of hedge and bank, provision of brick wall/fence and inclusion of vehicular access

    Fishermans Cottage Main Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5EQ

    Received 4 Dec 2018
  22. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/02/0249/F

    Conversion of garage into family room, two-storey garage and bedroom extension +

    The Haven York Villa Close Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JN

    Received 18 Mar 2002
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0922/F

    Two-storey and single-storey extensions *

    3 Honeymoon Loke Caister Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN

    Received 26 Nov 2001
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0254/F

    Demolition of existing residential dwelling and replacement with new residential dwelling

    Sunnydale Mill Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QS

    Received 18 Apr 2017

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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.

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