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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20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0706/F
One single storey building with north light for use as art studio
Great Yarmouth College Southtown Great Yarmouth (former Moore's Builders site) NR31 0ED
Received 22 Jul 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0418/F
GIS
17/18 Broad Row Unit 3 Howard Street North Great Yarmouth
Received 20 May 1997
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0316/A
Shop sign
82 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BN
Received 30 Mar 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0246/F
New staircase and internal alterations to form new self- contained flat on first floor *
132 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Mar 2003
WITHDRAWN06/94/0900/O
Four residential dwellings
Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth (vacant plot adj garage)
Received 20 Oct 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0445/CU
Change of use from guest house to single residential dwelling *
86 Walpole Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4NG
Received 6 Jun 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0496/F
New garage and front porch
26 Wapping Sunnyside Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JY
Received 6 Aug 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0615/F
Rear single storey extension and additional windows to existing building
49 Walpole Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4NF
Received 20 Jul 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0258/F
GIS
The Feathers P.H. Market Gates Great Yarmouth NR30 2BG
Received 2 Apr 1997
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/18/0581/LB
Change of use of former bank to mixed use comprising retail/office use ground floor and 11 No residential flats
15 Hall Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HP
Received 4 Oct 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0884/CU
GIS
Barclays Bank Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Oct 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0361/F
Proposed garage
Eden House The Street Runham, Mautby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 16 Apr 2007
WITHDRAWN06/08/0518/CC
Demolition of workshops and the erection of 6 town houses
6A, B & C St Nicholas Road & 12A Priory Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 1NL
Received 10 Jul 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0953/F
Change of use from guest house/hotel to two residential dwellings
4/5 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW
Received 5 Oct 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0299/F
Erection of 8 solar PV panels on roof of garage
38 Heather Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NN
Received 3 May 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0110/F
Widening of existing driveway to serve 33 and 35 Butt Lane
33 & 35 Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PU
Received 25 Feb 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0471/F
Conservatory *
12 Ranworth Drive Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 20 May 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0141/F
Renewal of Planning Permission 06/10/0094/F for siting of mobile climbing wall
Area next to North West Wall of Marina Centrre Off Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Mar 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0750/F
GIS
47 Englands Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Longs Dairies
Received 3 Oct 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0005/F
Two storey side extension to form store and larger bedroom
25 Westbrook Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DB
Received 7 Jan 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0005/F
Proposed energy store, opening up an existing bricked up doorway and an adjacent tool store shortened - revised application
The Grange High Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QL
Received 5 Jan 2017
WITHDRAWN06/08/0170/O
Four houses and four bungalows each with private garage
Land with proposed new access off Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3PP
Received 28 Feb 2008
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0377/A
GIS
Elm Beach Caravan Park Manor Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 4 May 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0120/VCF
Variation of Condition 2 of pp 06/25/0410/F (Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and removal of storage containers; Erection of new dwelling) - Amendment to approved plans
Corinne Cottage Low Road Bastwick Repps With Bastwick NR29 5AH
Received 24 Feb 2026

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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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