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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0698/F

    Two storey rear extension.

    1 Upper Cliff Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 6AL

    Received 9 Sept 2005
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0391/F

    Demolition of ex fuel island and provision of 10,000 litre above ground tank

    Great Yarmouth Delivery Office 6 North Quay Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 1AA

    Received 27 Apr 2007
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0743/BF

    GIS

    Three Mile House River Bure off Low Road West Caister NR30 5TJ

    Received 18 Sept 1995
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0295/F

    Retrospective application for driveway for parking of one car in front of house

    5 Mount Pleasant Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QF

    Received 13 May 2010
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0499/F

    Proposed installation of six rapid electric vehicle charging stations within the approved car park for 4no. commercial units (six approved parking spaces are to become EV charging bays); Installation of new electricity substation

    Car park on the west of Woodfarm Lane Bluebell Meadow Chaplin Road Great Yarmouth NR31 9FT

    Received 21 Jun 2023
  6. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0361/LB

    Window replacement

    1 and 5 Church Court Priory Plain GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NS

    Received 17 Jul 2020
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0407/F

    Single storey dayroom extension

    Mildred Stone House Lawn Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1QS

    Received 6 Jun 2016
  8. WITHDRAWN06/05/0443/F

    Two storey extension and demolition of greenhouses

    Oak View Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Jun 2005
  9. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0151/A

    1 no 12m pole sign, 4 no fascia signs, 2 no entrance signs

    Pizza Hut Gapton Hall Retail Park Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0NL NR31 0NL

    Received 10 Feb 2006
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0123/F

    Brick skin, bay windows to front, extension to rear and chimney stack

    10 Meadowcroft Bungalows Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Feb 1996
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0829/F

    Change of use of workshop unit to gymnasium *

    Unit 14 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Oct 2000
  12. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/05/0874/F

    Conversion and extension to loft to form 2 bedrooms with en-suite facilities

    Hollywood Hotel 71 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DQ NR30 2DQ

    Received 9 Nov 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0801/F

    Two-storey extension to rear and extension to lounge on front elevation +

    12 Thurne Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Sept 2003
  14. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/01/0721/CU

    Ch use to 3 self-cont flats for people with learning diffs with support; grd floor for applicant (owner occupied) +

    64 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Sept 2001
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0133/F

    Proposed erection of detached garage with home office suite above; along with redesign of existing highways access to the property.

    Pebble Lodge The Craft Winterton-On-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AX

    Received 12 Feb 2021
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0353/F

    Proposed installation of 8 no. high powered DC (rapid) electric vehicle chargers, substation and associated electrical equipment; new hard standing area to north-west of existing car park to provide 8 no. parking bays

    Mill Farm North Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3LE

    Received 26 Apr 2023
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0507/F

    Alterations and new canopy to front elevation *

    29 Victoria Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Jun 1994
  18. WITHDRAWN06/25/0400/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development - Seeking confirmation that the single storey sun room / conservatory built attached to the two-storey side extension is lawfully established.

    19 Bramble Gardens Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9PE

    Received 16 May 2025
  19. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/22/0707/PDE

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    39 Repps Road Martham NR29 4TH

    Received 11 Aug 2022
  20. WITHDRAWN06/14/0699/O

    Construction of 5 detached residential dwelling houses

    Church View (Land to the South off) Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3DJ

    Received 7 Oct 2014
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0627/F

    Side and rear extension and conversion of garage with additional front porch

    7 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RY

    Received 20 Jul 2021
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0359/F

    Two-storey front extension and single storey rear extension *

    Kwaheri Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Apr 2002
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0118/F

    Proposed 2 storey extension to side of house

    4 Bramble Gardens Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PE

    Received 28 Feb 2019
  24. WITHDRAWN06/08/0193/F

    Proposed first floor extension over existing flat roof

    30 Mariners Compass Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TQ

    Received 6 Mar 2008

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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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