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20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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.

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/Reasons06/08/0506/F

    Brick up existing garage door and install new window for use as a store rather than garage

    Caister Police House 53 High Street Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jul 2008
  2. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/94/0556/D

    Four detached dwellings with garages +

    34 Station Road (land adj) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jun 1994
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0090/CD

    Discharge of Condition 7 of pp 06/19/0491/F (A variation of pp 06/15/0209/F: Subdivision of garden to form new dwelling) - Details of first floor windows obscure glazing and opening restrictions to bathroom/en-suite on the east elevation.

    9 Lovewell Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LG

    Received 4 Feb 2025
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0308/F

    GIS

    53 Marlborough Green Crescent Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Apr 1999
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0436/O

    One chalet type dwelling of one and a half storeys, and garage

    29 Fakes Road Newport Great Yarmouth NR29 4JL

    Received 12 May 2004
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1019/O

    Twenty nine residential units (twenty four three-bedroomed houses and five two-bedroomed bungalows)

    J Paget Healthcare NHS Trust Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 29 Oct 2003
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0966/F

    GIS

    5 Elm Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Nov 1997
  8. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/02/0179/LB

    Demolition of asbestos garage and erection of new brick garage and covered access *

    1 The Old Rectory Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Feb 2002
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0026/CU

    Change of use from sports injury clinic (D1) to retail shop (A1)

    171 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 5 Jan 2007
  10. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0357/O

    Two new bungalows in grounds of existing dwelling

    Byfield West Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AQ

    Received 13 Apr 2006
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0916/F

    Revised design for renovation of existing barn into residential annexe to main property, previously approved under planning permission Ref. No. 06/07/0632/F

    Oak Farm Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HQ NR29 5HQ

    Received 18 Dec 2008
  12. EST/LAW USE CER.06/11/0754/EU

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for exisiting use as a single dwelling

    Jellicoe House Pound Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Nov 2011
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0540/F

    Second television dish to side of property *

    22 Wren Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JW

    Received 5 Jul 2000
  14. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0862/F

    Proposed lounge and kitchen extension

    Gracelands 50 Crosstead Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Oct 1995
  15. NO OBJECTION06/24/0678/TCA

    Notification of proposed works to trees in a Conservation Area - Removal of Leylandi from rear garden

    37 Blackwall Reach Gorleston NR31 6RU

    Received 26 Aug 2024
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0130/F

    Single storey side extension *

    4 Bracecamp Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3PR

    Received 22 Feb 2000
  17. Not proceeded with06/22/0748/OBL

    Discharge of pre-commencement conditions (106) Schedule 4 - Open space, Schedule 7 - The Holiday Accommodation Site and Schedule 9 - County Council Monitoring Fee

    Former Pontins Site Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HL

    Received 26 Jul 2022
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0499/F

    Demolition of buildings and change of use of land from former dairy to garage and car sales, including MOT/Servicing Bay and erection of new boundary fence

    Former Dairy Depot Ormond Road/Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 1 Aug 2011
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0069/F

    Construction of two new dwellings, refurbishment of existing semi-detached dwelling for affordable rent & new vehicular access

    1 Ormesby Lane Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HX

    Received 31 Jan 2018
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0052/F

    Upvc lean-to conservatory to rear *

    5 St Christopher Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QP

    Received 22 Jan 2002
  21. WITHDRAWN06/25/0881/CD

    Discharge of Condition 10 of pp 06/24/0449/F (Change of use of first and second floors from former museum and gallery (Use Class F1) into 1no. 4-bedroom residential dwelling; Single storey rear extension to create 2no. artist studios in the courtyard) ; Details of access and on-site car parking area

    26-27 Norfolk Nelson Museum South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0795/F

    Bedroom over existing garage and formation of en-suite in ex-bedroom

    11 Sea View Rise Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SE

    Received 17 Aug 2004
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0276/F

    Erection of conservatory

    Redbric 12 Tern Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NX

    Received 28 Apr 2009
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0588/F

    Proposed extension and conversion from 1no. dwelling to 2 separate dwellings

    11 Camden Place Great Yarmouth NR30 3HX

    Received 1 Jul 2022

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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.

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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