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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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More application records

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0405/SU
Convert existing shop and first floor flat into two flats
82 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3AY
Received 5 Jun 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0869/F
GIS
10 Kennel Loke Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU
Received 20 Oct 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0342/F
Two detached bungalows with domestic garages *
Station Road (off) Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Apr 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0309/F
Proposed new building to be used as tea room and extension of car park
Great Yarmouth Crematorium Magdalen Cemetery Oriel Avenue Gorleston (Parish of Bradwell) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7JJ
Received 30 May 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0958/F
Renewal of Planning Permission 6/95/0414/F for existing Alpha Centre building
Great Yarmouth & Waveney Contact Alpha Centre Alpha Road, Gorleston
Received 2 Nov 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0481/F
Proposed change of use, extension & alteration to form public house
176-177 High Street Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RG NR31 6RG
Received 13 Aug 2015
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0759/A
GIS
South Gorleston Business Park adjacent new roundabout on A12 Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Sept 1999
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/98/0515/D
GIS
Austin Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jun 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0873/F
Temporary caravan whilst
Plot 4 off Market Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Oct 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0684/CU
Car repair and body shop
Anglia House (Unit 1B) Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Aug 1995
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0903/CU
Change of use from A1 (shop) to A3 (food and drink)
25b King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Sept 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0615/F
Change of use from two houses to 11 apartments
8/9 Sandown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1EY NR30 1EY
Received 13 Jul 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0778/F
Proposed first floor extension over existing ground floor additions
8 The Laurels Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9DD
Received 17 Dec 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0674/O
Residential development (two 2-storey dwellings) +
South Road/Drudge Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (existing lock-up garages)
Received 14 Jul 2003
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0289/A
GIS
19 Market Place Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Apr 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0294/F
Proposed detached house
2 Roseview Close (Adjacent) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8UP
Received 20 May 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0186/O
Erection of a single storey sports barn with changing and sewerage facilities
Kennedy Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TA
Received 6 Mar 1995
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/17/0006/LB
Proposed energy store, opening up an existing bricked up doorway and an adjacent tool store shortened - revised application
The Grange High Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QL
Received 5 Jan 2017
LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0887/LB
Alterations to form two residential flats
Britannia House 16 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 14 Nov 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0176/F
Single storey front extension
1 Longfellow Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5RG
Received 22 Mar 2019
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0844/F
Proposed erection of one dwelling with detached garage
Decoy Tavern Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AB
Received 19 Nov 2008
CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0903/CD
Discharge of condition 9 of pp 06/20/0618/F - Programme of historic building recording of the former hospital building (D)
Astley Cooper Place Estcourt Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4JQ
Received 4 Oct 2022
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0998/CD
Discharge of Condition 11 of pp 06/21/0312/D (Phase 3 of outline pp 06/16/0391/SU, comprising 44 dwellings and associated works) - Details of proposed Electric Vehicle Charging details.
Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston
Received 20 Dec 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0879/O
Erection of one detached house and one detached bungalow *
1 Poplar Avenue (adjoining) Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Nov 2001

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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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