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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
238Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,111 approved or refused records
2,883Refused applications

20,228 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0815/F

    New garage/boat store to private parking court +

    25 Dover Court Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Sept 1994
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0717/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    26 Victoria Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6EF

    Received 2 Aug 2021
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0277/F

    Renewal of planning permission: 06/06/0382/F for portacabins to be used as a day nursery

    Alphabet Nursery High Street Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5EH

    Received 4 May 2011
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0662/F

    Proposal to re-locate an existing summerhouse and for the siting of a portable modular unit within the north-east corner of the external play area for additional activity space for educational use.

    Alpha Centre Alpha Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0LG

    Received 28 Jul 2022
  5. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/17/0790/D

    Approval of reserved matters for 9 dwellings in Phase 1 - Approved under 06/13/0703/O

    Meadowland Drive (Land South of) (Caraway Drive (Land South of)) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 19 Dec 2017
  6. Not proceeded with06/22/0433/TRE

    Proposed works to oak tree - T1

    2A Roseview Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8UP

    Received 18 May 2022
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0006/F

    Demolish existing extension to build new physio room

    31 Yarmouth Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL

    Received 4 Jan 2013
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0471/F

    Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey kitchen extension *

    1 Links Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DD

    Received 23 May 2002
  9. ADV. REFUSAL (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/24/0174/A

    Proposed continued display of 5no. illuminated 48-sheet advertisement billboards, as retention of that approved under advertisement consent 06/19/0134/A

    Car Park to the south-west of junction at Howard Street South and Stonecutters Way Great Yarmouth NR30 1LN

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0917/CU

    Change of use to A3 as extension to existing use in No. 47 *

    46 St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Nov 2000
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0020/F

    Conservatory at rear

    4 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8HL

    Received 4 Jan 2008
  12. APPROVE06/22/0076/CD

    Discharge of conditions 6 & 7 of pp. 06/21/0950/F - 6. Details of external lighting; 7. Generator, compressor, chilling units or cooling for details, positions & emissions

    Thompsons Cold Store Exmouth Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3DP

    Received 1 Feb 2022
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0434/F

    Demolish and rebuild sub- standard rear addition *

    49 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jun 1996
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0850/CU

    Change of use open storage to vehicle sales

    41 Southgates Road (adj) Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Oct 1995
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0393/F

    Demolish filling station and premises and erect ten town houses

    126 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0JZ

    Received 17 May 2005
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0862/F

    GIS

    20 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Oct 1997
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1010/F

    Single storey side extension

    Foxholme Four Acres Estate Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JB

    Received 22 Nov 2007
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0047/F

    Reinstating lapsed P.P. 06/08/0641/F to site a portacabin office block

    Selwood Pumps Salmon Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3QS

    Received 27 Jan 2014
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0349/F

    Demolition of existing rear extension to allow side and rear double storey extension and a single storey rear extension. Addition of front boundary wall and erection of garage.

    7 Pound Lane Filby NR29 3HP

    Received 29 Jul 2020
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0373/F

    Demolition of existing brick piers and construction of 1.05m high wall with railings above between new brick piers to frontages of Yallop and Brett Avenues

    14 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HA

    Received 4 Jun 2009
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0653/F

    Conservatory to front of property *

    1a Arundel Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jul 2002
  22. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0078/LB

    Conversion of disused store into two residential dwellings

    11 Broad Row (store at rear) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HT

    Received 31 Jan 2008
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0779/F

    Detached garage, kitchen extension (bedroom above) and single storey lounge extension +

    1 Somerton Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AW

    Received 2 Sept 2002
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0557/F

    Variation of condition 1 re: PP 06/17/0600/F - To allow petrol filling station to operate 5.00am-midnight x 7 days a week for a further 12 month period

    White Horse Filling Station Beccles Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BL

    Received 2 Oct 2018

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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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