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20,227 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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More application records

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0576/F
Demolish existing house and rebuild new house
56 North Drive Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 3 Sept 2009
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/02/0894/D
Seventy eight houses, bungalows and garages, together with all associated works
South Gorleston Development Area West of A12 and south of JPH Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Area C)
Received 10 Oct 2002
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0047/F
GIS
83 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jan 1997
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/25/1082/A
Installation of 1no. BT Street Hub with display of 2 digital internally-illuminated LCD display screens (static display) until 2036.
Pavement outside 17-18 Broad Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1HT
Received 15 Dec 2025
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/04/0607/A
Shop sign - flexface box
Unit 2 Thamesfield Way Paul Simon Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Jun 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0823/O
Residential development (seventy two dwellings), open space and provision of access link with Diana Way
Land off Covent Garden Road & adja Caister Water Tower Land Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Oct 1998
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0899/F
Variation of condition 4, P.P. 06/04/0317/F to permit deliveries on Sun.& Bank Hols. during trading hrs (10am-4pm)
Lidl Foodstore Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 0DW
Received 17 Oct 2007
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0074/F
Conversion of former warehouse to 2 no. flats
11A The Green Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PL
Received 21 Feb 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0088/F
New chalet bungalow and detached garage *
Downing Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Plot 3 off)
Received 4 Feb 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0945/F
Demolition of shop, erection of new shop, twelve hole crazy golf course and fencing
Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Oct 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0423/F
Rear extension to provide ground floor bedroom and shower room
42 Blackbird Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RU NR31 8RU
Received 21 Jun 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0686/O
Development of vacant land to create a single detached bungalow and garage - Revised submission
27 Station Road (land north of) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH
Received 2 Dec 2019
NO OBJECTION06/97/0461/M
GIS
Branford Road Adj swimming pool:Silver Sands Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 29 May 1997
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0042/F
Extension to existing building to provide ground and first floor storage areas and disabled toilet facilities
The Sands Amusement Arcade Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jan 2008
CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0042/CD
Discharge of conditions 3 (in full; materials) & 5 (in part; boundary screening) of pp 06/21/0771/F
20 Conifer Close Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 3RU
Received 17 Jan 2022
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/05/0143/A
Fascia and projecting sign
181 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Feb 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0409/F
Single storey side and two storey rear extensions
19 Sandpiper Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 30 Apr 2007
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0484/F
Conversion of residential home into two flats
10 Marlborough Terrace Apsley Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2HF
Received 8 Jul 2016
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/05/0751/LB
Sign above front door
3 Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2SN NR30 2SN
Received 22 Sept 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0334/BF
GIS
Burwin Priory Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HQ
Received 6 May 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0457/F
Retrospective application - extension to main lounge
Burgh House High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL NR31 9QL
Received 23 Jul 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0215/F
Front porch extension and double garage extension *
1 Covent Garden Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Mar 2001
WITHDRAWN06/99/0902/O
GIS
58 Yarmouth Road (land adj) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Nov 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0318/F
Two-storey side extension
57 Cotman Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Apr 2005

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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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