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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

234Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,112 approved or refused records

2,883Refused applications

20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Accept Amend Notice06/20/0358/NMA
Non-material Amendment of planning permission 06/19/00471/F - amendment to elevations and floor plans
Marina Leisure Centre Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2ER
Received 6 Aug 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0661/F
Ground floor extensions to form new kitchen, front extension porch and double garage
24 Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LB
Received 29 Oct 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0211/BF
Conservatory
Thurne Cottage The Staithe Thurne, Norfolk
Received 27 Feb 2006
APPROVED BY NCC06/06/0562/SU
Disabled persons access ramp & improvement to main entrance inc extension to school office & covered way replacement
Cliff Park First School Orde Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SZ NR31 6SZ
Received 23 Jun 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0654/O
Two detached houses
17 Warren Road (land at) Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Aug 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0753/F
Proposed conservatory
4 Beach Close Ingeldene Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PD
Received 3 Dec 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0099/F
Conversion of barn into residential dwelling
Church Farm Barn Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Feb 1996
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/04/0261/LB
Conversion of redundant barns to form two dwellings
Morgrove Farm Morgrove Lane Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Mar 2004
WITHDRAWN06/10/0278/F
Covered swimming pool
3 The Old Rectory Heath Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HJ
Received 7 May 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1032/CU
Change of use to lithographic printing facility *
Unit B Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LS
Received 26 Nov 2002
Not proceeded with06/23/0011/PAD
Application for prior approval for change of use of ground floor to 2 no. self-contained flats (in lieu of 2 no. shops as approved under pp. 06/21/0107/F)
Former Caister police station 53 High Street Caister on sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5AD
Received 4 Jan 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0650/F
GIS
adjacent to 1 Victoria Street Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Jul 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0707/O
One detached dwelling
Plot 1 Bowling Green off Bulmer Lane Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Aug 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0516/F
Single storey front porch extension
9 Anglian Way Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9DB
Received 10 Jul 2008
PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/22/0772/PDE
Prior approval - larger home extension - Conservatory
16 Bellamy Drive Bradwell NR31 9GL
Received 1 Sept 2022
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0329/CD
Discharge of Condition 17 of pp 06/20/0278/F (Conversion of public housing into dwelling and erection of 4no. dwellings) - Details of proposed acoustic protection measures and glazing.
Former First and Last Public House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QG
Received 16 Mar 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0937/HH
Proposed retrospective application to extend the lounge under the approved roof line (06/21/0235/F
22 Whinchat Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SD
Received 20 Oct 2022
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/96/0102/D
Details of means of access and amended siting of six single storey dwellings
Woodstock (land adjacent to) Back Path Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Feb 1996
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0610/F
Variation of condition 2 re: PP 06/15/0079/F - Revisions to design and layout
49 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PS
Received 29 Sept 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0416/F
Replacement of flat roof with pitched
6 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 2 May 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0812/F
Demolition of retail shop, storage and warehouse facilities, erection of eight residential units +
Economy Carpets Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Oct 2001
Undecided06/26/0073/F
Retrospective planning application for the siting of a static caravan to be used as managers accommodation.
California Sands Estate California Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3QL
Received 2 Feb 2026
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0564/F
Garden shed +
52 Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DW
Received 11 Jun 2003
NO OBJECTION06/13/0314/MM
GPDO Part 24 Application - one BT Broadband Cabinet
Albert Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JH
Received 21 May 2013

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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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