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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20,229 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/25/1009/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 1 2017) - T1 (Oak) - Crown lift lower canopy to 5.2m from ground level, to allow access for farm machinery.

    Holly Farmhouse Holly Farm Low Road Rollesby NR29 5HE

    Received 25 Nov 2025
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0535/F

    GIS

    43 Mallard Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jun 1999
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0592/CU

    Change of use from holiday flatlets to single dwellinghouse *

    41 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BJ

    Received 1 Jul 2002
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0635/F

    Four semi detached properties

    Hales House King Street Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Aug 2005
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0577/F

    Proposed single storey extension

    5 Kingston Avenue Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5ET

    Received 11 Sept 2017
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0054/F

    Erection of a livestock building for pig rearing and finishing

    North Road (Land West of) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LG

    Received 28 Jan 2014
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0660/F

    Extension to rear of property - kitchen, sunroom, en-suite

    11 Gaywood Close Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5RD

    Received 18 Nov 2019
  8. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/07/0854/F

    Proposed conversion of garage, office, store and annexe to residential dwelling

    Tally Ho (adj), Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth Nofolk, NR14 6PB

    Received 2 Oct 2007
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0028/F

    Extension to rear *

    119 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Jan 2000
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0862/F

    Proposed Conversion of 3 no. Existing Barns to 6 no. Units of Holiday Accommodation

    Caldecott Hall Estate Caldecott Hall Beccles Road Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9EY

    Received 27 Sept 2022
  11. Undecided06/26/0722/F

    Proposed side extension to accommodate two new replacement cremators; Installation of new rooftop plant and machinery; Cladding to chimney; New external plant; External alterations to the elevations of the Reception and Chapel of Remembrance; Associated alterations to external paths and internal layout.

    Magdalen Lawn Cemetery, Crematorium Oriel Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7JJ

    Received 8 Sept 2026
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0748/F

    Alterations to existing dwelling to form new room in roof. (current building single storey, previously two storey)

    Clippesby Hall Clippesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3BL NR29 3BL

    Received 22 Aug 2007
  13. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0417/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4 of pp 06/25/0051/VCF - Application for retrospective permission to vary Condition 2 (approved plans) of pp. 06/17/0447/F (Residential development to form 8 self contained flats) - Submission of flood response plan

    Gainsborough Court Shadingfield Close Great Yarmouth NR30 3JW

    Received 23 May 2025
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0226/F

    Dwelling and garage, new access to public house car park and associated works

    r/o 2 Filby Lane, fronting Cromer Road The Kings Head PH Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Mar 2000
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0334/F

    Two-storey medical centre including pharmacy and associated parking facilities+

    Mill Lane/Blackbird Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Apr 2000
  16. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/94/1037/F

    Erection of 2 two-storey

    5 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth (known as garden to Deepdale)

    Received 13 Dec 1994
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0328/F

    Extension to form bedroom and wet room for disabled person

    3 Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BN

    Received 18 May 2009
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0751/F

    Porch *

    26 Oxford Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Sept 1994
  19. WITHDRAWN06/18/0181/CD

    Change of use of office and premises from Class B1 to Class D1 Education for temporary period expiring September 2019 -Discharge of Condition 2 Re: PP: 06/17/0235/CU

    Trafalgar College Thamesfield Way GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DN

    Received 20 Mar 2018
  20. APPROVED BY NCC06/00/1003/SU

    Construction of disabled wc/ changing facility and ramp to main entrance *

    Filby First School Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HJ

    Received 20 Dec 2000
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0967/F

    Single storey side extension to form porch

    Crown Cottage Scratby Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PQ

    Received 20 Nov 2006
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0221/F

    Proposed single storey side and rear extensions

    69 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QF

    Received 15 Apr 2013
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0525/F

    Proposed rear kitchen and living room extension

    29 Covent Garden Road Caister on Sea NR30 5SB

    Received 24 Jul 2014
  24. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/13/0094/CD

    Conversion of the old school to 3 residential units including the demolition of 1960's extensions and outbuildings and erection of 3 dwellings - Discharge of Conditions 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 11 re: PP: 06/10/0183/F

    Ormesby Old School The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT

    Received 12 Feb 2013

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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.

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