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20,228 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0382/F

    Formation of adjoining land as car parking - change of use from agricultural land to church use *

    St Michaels Church Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 May 2001
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0584/F

    Proposed spare parts container on site

    Nova Scotia Farm Nova Scotia Road West Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR20 5SH

    Received 15 Sept 2017
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0467/A

    1 fascia sign and 1 hanging sign

    Post Office 183 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1LS

    Received 20 Jun 2016
  4. PERMITTED DEV.06/16/0338/PDC

    Details of prior approval - change of use from class (B1(a)) to dwellinghouse (C3) residential apartment

    The Gallery The Courtyard Main Cross Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3NZ

    Received 19 May 2016
  5. REFUSED BY NCC06/94/0800/BF

    Extension of tipping operation for Category 1 waste

    Humberstone Farm Mill Road Cobholm (adjacent Breydon Water) (Bradwell Parish)

    Received 21 Sept 1994
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0102/CU

    Change of use of current stable to boarding kennels

    Cavalier Lodge Kennels Oak Farm Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HQ

    Received 6 Feb 2008
  7. APPROVE06/07/0165/BF

    Demolition of shed and erection of replacement store and dayroom

    76A Repps Riverbank Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 16 Feb 2007
  8. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/02/1015/LB

    Display of non-illuminated signage *

    23 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1HQ

    Received 21 Nov 2002
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0319/F

    Produce and retail precast concrete slabs and posts; one portacabin office and fences *

    M T Skips North River Road Eurocentre Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Apr 1999
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0405/F

    GIS

    50 Almond Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 May 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0125/F

    Erection of 1.8 m (6 ft) fence to rear boundary

    30 Waunci Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EB

    Received 11 Feb 2004
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0287/F

    Alts to form retail unit. Service door canopy.Alts to frontage,internal alts and storage mezzanine. +

    Matalan Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0JB

    Received 15 Apr 1998
  13. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/04/0215/A

    One pylon sign, three flexface box signs, one box sign and one aluminium panel

    Unit 5 Pasteur Retail Park Thamesfield Way Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Mar 2004
  14. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/25/1076/A

    Installation of 1no. BT Street Hub with display of 2 digital internally-illuminated LCD display screens (static display) until 2036.

    Pavement outside 166 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PA

    Received 15 Dec 2025
  15. WITHDRAWN06/08/0778/O

    Proposed single storey dwelling and garage with driveway

    The Croft Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Oct 2008
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/00/0953/F

    New first floor bedroom extension +

    8 Quay Ostend Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Nov 2000
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0909/HH

    Two storey front extension

    39 Falkland Way Bradwell NR31 8RW

    Received 22 Nov 2024
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1085/HH

    Proposed first floor rear extensions above existing flat roofs to provide bedroom/bathroom

    110 Springfield Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AE

    Received 21 Dec 2022
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0070/F

    Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, front boundary wall, front forecourt surfacing

    40 Warren Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JT

    Received 20 Feb 2020
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0206/F

    Single storey rear extension to laundry room *

    Coach House Res Home Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NJ

    Received 12 Mar 2001
  21. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0211/CD

    Discharge of Condition 5 of pp 06/21/0472/F (Use of land for keeping of animals and poultry and retention of outbuildings) - Submission of details of for the location of the muck and manure storage and the frequency of the removal and dispersal arrangements

    Land off Hall Road Hopton

    Received 21 Mar 2024
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1020/F

    Alterations to shop front

    62 Salisbury Road North Denes Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4JZ

    Received 4 Dec 2006
  23. APPROVE06/21/1039/CD

    Discharge of condition 3 of pp. 06/21/0742/F - Ecology survey; landscaping and planting plan; details of construction of retaining wall

    Caister Lifeboat Station Skippers Walk Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5DJ

    Received 23 Dec 2021
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0629/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/00/0520/CU for use for storage of privately-owned touring caravans +

    Hall Farm Lords Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9EP

    Received 14 Aug 2001

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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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