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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

237Recorded 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20,228 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/01/0936/F
Seven residential dwellings with garages (3 houses & 4 bungalows)
Land at Pit Road (adj. Highlands) Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Nov 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0570/F
GIS
20 Nile Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Jul 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0435/F
Extension to front to provide dining room and shower room
36 St Nicholas Drive Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 11 May 2007
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/05/0705/A
External sign
The Hamilton 23-24 North Drive Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 21 Sept 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0586/F
Proposed single storey extension
7 Burnt Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PF
Received 4 Oct 2013
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0837/A
Fascia signs *
Unit C3 Gapton Hall Retail Park Currys Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Oct 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0326/O
Use of secondhand car and
Old Vauxhall Bridge Site North Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Apr 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0386/F
Replacement doors and internal alterations
Yarmouth Car Centre Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 16 May 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0799/BF
GIS
Candles Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Oct 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0744/F
GIS
Vauxhall Station Anglia Railways Acle New Road Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Sept 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0412/F
Side extension to form covered loading bay *
Morton Peto Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth (Y2 Building (Frans Maas))
Received 25 May 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0459/F
Flume rides to outdoor pool
Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB
Received 14 Jul 2009
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/22/0656/A
Proposed installation of a freestanding banner sign to replace existing
McDonalds Restaurant Purley Court, Unit H Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LZ
Received 20 Jul 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0005/F
Single storey rear extensions
Winterton House Black Street Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AP
Received 5 Jan 2015
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/11/0263/CD
20 flats for sheltered housing & 5 general needs housing & access roads etc - Discharge of Conditions 3 & 7 of PP 06/10/0351/F
The Old Hospital Site Estcourt Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4JH
Received 27 Apr 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0281/F
Extensions and improvement to dwelling including new pitched roofs and formation of rooms in roofspace +
41 California Crescent California Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Mar 2000
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0162/F
GIS
Sarafand High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 2 Mar 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0198/BU
Change of use of redundant farm buildings to horse livery stables and grass grazing areas *
Thunder Hill Farm Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Mar 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0212/F
Lower the kerb to allow access for driveway
49 Suffolk Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 28 Feb 2007
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0705/F
Proposed detached three bedroom dwelling
Cool Runnings/3 Winchester Villas (rear of) Farman Close Belton GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 13 Nov 2017
WITHDRAWN06/24/0204/PAD
Application for Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of a three-storey office building (Use Class E) to a mixed use comprising 2no. ground floor studios (Use Class E) and a two-storey 2-bedroom duplex residential flat above (Use Class C3), with associated new rear opening to courtyard.
9 Queen Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2QP
Received 14 Mar 2024
WITHDRAWN06/08/0743/F
Proposed porch extension to rear of property with mono pitched roof and extending new roof over existing flat roof side extension
24 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 9 Oct 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0626/O
GIS
Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Jul 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0704/F
Variation of Condition 1 of Planning Permission 06/18/0432/F - (Use of the land for siting two portable modular offices) - Extension of temporary consent until 24th September 2024
Margaret Chadd House Sidegate Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AL
Received 16 Aug 2021

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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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