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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0196/F
Additional office at first floor of premises *
Pier Plain Gorleston Great Yarmouth (TV Palmer Ltd)
Received 10 Mar 2003
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0167/CU
Proposed change of use from Residential Care Home to house in multiple occupation
10-11 Sandown Road Abbeville Sands GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1EY
Received 14 Feb 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0015/SU
Environmental improvement works
1/39 Nottingham Way (odds), 1/35 Dorset Close (odds) and access land and garages Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Jan 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0027/F
Conversion of public house and dwelling unit to 5 no. dwelling houses
Admiral Seymour PH 22 Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4LE
Received 12 Jan 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0028/F
Renewal of planning permission nos 06/00/0065/F, 06/00/0680/F,06/01/0070/F & 06/04/0357/F for office accommodation
J Paget Healthcare NHS Trust Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA
Received 17 Jan 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0400/F
Conversion of shop into residential unit
46 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 27 Apr 2007
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/98/0875/LB
GIS
Carlton Hotel Kimberley Terrace/Marine Par Great Yarmouth NR30 3JE
Received 3 Nov 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0919/F
Extension to side
3 St Christopher Close Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Sept 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0034/F
Retention of an ATM installed through the existing glazing to the far right hand side of the shop front
97 Blackfriars Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3BZ
Received 20 Jan 2017
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/19/0515/A
Proposed advertisement signs
Mitchells Renault Suffolk Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LN
Received 4 Sept 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0074/CU
GIS
Palmer House Hewitt Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NN
Received 28 Jan 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0434/TCA
Fell 1no. dead Cedar tree to ground level (T1)
5 Station Road Ormesby st Margaret W Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 3PU
Received 1 Jun 2021
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0720/F
Proposed new detached dwelling and parking
1 Rosedale Gardens (Land adjacent) Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Sept 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0123/F
GIS
7 and 9 Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AX
Received 19 Feb 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0999/F
Construction of new conservatory in white upvc *
5 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Nov 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0526/F
GIS
53 Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jun 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0193/F
Proposed single storey side extension
Spring Cottage Bush Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BY NR29 4BY
Received 29 Mar 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0695/F
Re-instatement of property from 2 flats to one dwelling
1 Tyrrells Road Southtown GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0AR
Received 18 Dec 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0408/BF
Single storey extension *
2 Croft Farm Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 1 May 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0677/F
GIS
51 Market Place Watermargin Restaurant Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Sept 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0641/F
GIS
Plot 2 Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth (adjacent Sunnyside)
Received 30 Jul 1999
WITHDRAWN06/05/0559/F
New Great Yarmouth Integrated Services Centre Inc NCC Social Services, GYBC, NPS & PCT offices with Medical drop in
Escourt Road (PCT Land) Adj Northgate Hospital North Denes Road Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jul 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0604/F
Single storey rear extension
37 Second Avenue Maifleur Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NW
Received 6 Nov 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0768/F
Proposed two-storey rear extension
49/50 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 4 Sept 2006

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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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