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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/00/0689/CU
Change of use from shop to office use (A1 retail to A2 financial and professional services - Homecare Agency) *
24 Broad Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1HT
Received 14 Aug 2000
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0932/BF
Removal of existing building & erection of new workshop and office
Riverside Cess Road Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 9 Dec 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0658/F
Proposed single storey rear extension with steel flue from woodburner
37 Whimbrel Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9UN
Received 27 Nov 2018
NO OBJECTION06/01/0618/M
GDO Part 24 application - siting and appearance of fake telegraph pole style phone mast & 2 equipment cabinets *
Primrose Way/Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Aug 2001
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0518/O
Sub-division of curtilage and erection of one two-bedroomed detached bungalow
Foxholme Four Acres Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JB
Received 14 Jun 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0629/F
Proposed cart-lodge and workshop
5 Collis Lane (land adjacent) East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DS
Received 10 Oct 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0166/F
Demolish part of rear addition & erect new two-storey rear extension with balcony
5 St James Walk Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2NB
Received 8 Mar 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0901/F
GIS
22 Redwing Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PF
Received 1 Nov 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0524/F
Roof over to form a covered way at side of property
1 Hawkins Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4AG
Received 11 Jul 2008
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/02/0906/LB
Alts to form paved patio area and contruction of boundary walls to improve appearance and facs of the building *
161 King Street Uptown Public House Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Oct 2002
WITHDRAWN06/15/0697/LB
General repairs to roofs and balcony. Repair/ replacement of windows
The Nelson Hotel 1 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3AG
Received 9 Nov 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0587/F
Attached garage and utility room
23 Hawkins Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4AG
Received 31 Jul 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0124/BF
Renewal quay heading as before and replace concrete slab walkway with new timber framed walkway *
Riverside Park off Priory Road Moorings St Olaves Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Feb 2002
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/95/0599/LB
Conversion of first floor (rear) to form two self-contained flats
60 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Jul 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0103/F
Change of use from shop/office to residential flat
139 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Feb 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0783/F
GIS
95 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HA
Received 5 Oct 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0559/F
Proposal to replace flat garage roof with hipped roof
Longacre 37 Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HH
Received 28 Jun 2021
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/22/0627/A
Installation of 2 no. illuminated fascia signs to front and rear elevations.
Unit F1 Purley Court Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0NL
Received 11 Jul 2022
WITHDRAWN06/21/0044/F
Demolish shop and erect one one-bedroomed flat and one two-bedroomed flat
18 Tan Lane Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5DN
Received 18 Jan 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0163/F
Alterations and extensions to bungalow
Avalon Low Road Repps Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Feb 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0111/F
Amendment to orginal application (06/08/0510/F) to extend front single storey to full width of front elevation
50 Laburnum Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JB
Received 23 Feb 2009
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/07/0950/LB
Extension to existing transport museum
Caister Car Collection Caister Castle West Caister Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 1 Nov 2007
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0248/HH
Proposed two storey rear extension
31 Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PT
Received 24 Mar 2023
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/99/0770/D
GIS
Plot 2 The Sheilings Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Sept 1999

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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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