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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

233Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,113 approved or refused records

2,883Refused applications

20,230 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/07/0423/M
Demolition of 69 Marine Parade & associated structures
69 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6EZ NR31 6EZ
Received 4 May 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0768/BF
Rear bedroom, utility room extension with balcony over. *
Highview Priory Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HQ
Received 4 Oct 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1004/F
Change of use car parking area for erection of marquee for display and retailing of horticultural products
Tesco Stores Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0DW
Received 20 Oct 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0968/HH
Proposed two-storey side extension
19 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3AJ
Received 11 Nov 2022
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0463/F
GIS
St Andrews Sports Club Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 May 1997
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/99/1027/F
Two two-storey dwellings and garages +
Back Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth (rear of cottage junc Main Rd/Back Ln)
Received 22 Dec 1999
EST/LAW USE CER.06/10/0065/EU
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as a single residential dwelling
31 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1EU
Received 3 Feb 2010
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0114/F
Removal of Condition 2 of PP 06/03/0088/CU to extend opening hours to midnight, seven days a week
29 Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4LF NR30 4LF
Received 1 Feb 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0914/F
Proposed change of use of outbuilding to one holiday unit
Waveney House Priory Road, St Olaves Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 9HQ
Received 24 Oct 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0590/F
One replacement shop window & one new shop window to match exist. adjacent together with four roller shutter internally
Unit C2, Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 0NL
Received 5 Jul 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0226/F
Side and rear extension to bungalow
21 The Esplanade Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NZ
Received 7 Mar 2016
Partially Discharged06/20/0626/CD
Discharge condition 6 [part A] of pp 06/19/0099/O (residential development) in respect of archaeological investigation method statement
St Nicholas Drive Caister GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 18 Nov 2020
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/1032/F
New crossover and vehicle access to site
2 Rollesby Road Martham Service Station Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Dec 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0136/F
Ground floor bedroom and disabled person bathroom extension
87 Eastern Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5JA
Received 6 Feb 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0472/HH
Side and rear extensions incorporating conversion of existing garage.
8 Saxon Gardens West Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AH
Received 31 May 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0492/F
Side and rear extension
26 Ranworth Drive Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3SH
Received 18 Sept 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1016/F
Portacabin in side compound
Unit 9 Owen Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Dec 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0827/O
Erection of bungalow
15 Windsor Avenue (adj) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4EA
Received 21 Sept 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0145/F
Change of use of ground floor shop to flat and renovation of first floor flat
88 Albion Road Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Feb 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0488/F
Rear extension to form double garage and additional living accommodation *
43 Thoroughfare Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Jun 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0466/F
Single storey extension
Springfield Royden Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AZ
Received 24 May 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0695/F
Proposed two storey rear extension to form utility room and bedroom. Single storey rear extension to form garden room with balcony over. New pitched roof to front dormer
White Acres 21 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3NH
Received 12 Nov 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0553/F
Renewal of planning permission no. 06/00/0512/F for continued use of portacabin as temporary workshop *
The Grange High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL
Received 17 Jul 2001
WITHDRAWN06/09/0325/D
Proposed bungalow and garage plot adjoining 5 Cliff Hill
5 Cliff Hill (adjacent) Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 18 May 2009

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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.

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