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20,230 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0232/BF

    GIS

    2 Orchard Broad House Silver Street Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Mar 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0154/F

    Installation of a mezzanine floor to be used for retail/petcare treatment and grooming facility, 14 air conditioning units, gas bottle storage unit, first floor fire exit door and external staircase

    Pets at Home Thamesfield Way (Unit 4) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DH NR31 0DH

    Received 7 Mar 2016
  3. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/01/0059/BO

    Replace 1960s bungalow with house +

    Windale Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jan 2001
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0248/A

    Fascia & projecting signage

    18 Market Place Specsavers Opticians Great Yarmouth NR30 1LY

    Received 28 Apr 2013
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0424/F

    Retention of ATM on left of front elevation of shop

    Hemsby Service Centre Yarmouth Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4NL

    Received 10 Jun 2016
  6. Not EIA development06/22/1061/ESN

    EIA Screening Opinion for proposed Kittiwake Artificial Nesting Structure

    North Pier (mouth of River Yare) Great Yarmouth NR30 3QA

    Received 7 Jun 2022
  7. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/21/0723/F

    Proposed erection of two storey dwelling, garage and all associated works

    9 Ambrose Road (Land adj) Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5DA

    Received 23 Aug 2021
  8. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/15/0636/CC

    Demolition of part of former bakery

    6 Howard Street North Watsons Bakery GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1PF

    Received 22 Sept 2015
  9. WITHDRAWN06/25/0120/CU

    Change of use of 7no. holiday let properties (within former barn and farmhouse) and 2no. farmworker staff dwellings into 9no. full residential dwellings (Use Class C3).

    Lower Wood Farm Browns Lane Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JQ

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0042/HH

    Single storey rear extension.

    Holme Lea 65 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret w. Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3QF

    Received 17 Jan 2025
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0058/CU

    Change of use from general stores to welfare rights - property, mortgages, finance consultants office (A2 use) *

    Central Stores Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jan 2003
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0639/F

    Conversion of redundant staff accommodation into a single apartment with living area single bedroom and bathroom

    62 Salisbury Road (part first floor) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4JZ NR30 4JZ

    Received 19 Jul 2007
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0333/O

    Demolish dwelling and erect three houses and domestic garages +

    Former Filling Station & Garage Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Apr 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0026/F

    Alterations to depot entrance to form a distinct entrance and exit

    101 Churchill Road Churchill Road Depot Great Yarmouth NR30 4JJ

    Received 17 Jan 2005
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0252/F

    Wooden conservatory on to lounge at back of property *

    7 Fulmar Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JG

    Received 21 Mar 2003
  16. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0345/CD

    Discharge of Condition 8 of pp 06/22/0546/F (Development of 41 dwellings) - Details of proposed pumping station and electricity substation

    Land north of Scratby Road Scratby

    Received 15 Mar 2024
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0802/F

    Front extension and garage extension *

    69 Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Oct 2001
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/1060/VCF

    Variation of Condition 2 of pp 06/22/0599/F (Proposed erection of 4 Nord Lodges for Holiday Use) - To allow for the proposed Miljo lodge design to be sited on Plot 49 Fairways Lakes, rather than the approved Rolig lodge design as detailed on the approved site layout plan.

    Caldecott Hall Estate, Fairway Lakes Village Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9EY

    Received 11 Dec 2025
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0261/HH

    Proposed relocation of vehicular access to the property and additional fencing to North East perimeter to cover former driveway entrance area.

    Landscape New Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9HR

    Received 6 Apr 2026
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0412/F

    Alterations and extensions to form new wc

    10 Watling Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5XH

    Received 25 May 2005
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0283/F

    Detached building to form ground floor flat and first & second floor maisonette

    10 Wellington Road (land at) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AQ

    Received 1 May 2009
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0725/F

    Alterations to change garage into dining room and erection of a new garage +

    The Buntings 22 Decoy Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LG

    Received 4 Aug 2003
  23. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0029/LB

    Change of use from tea room to bed sit; new enlarged window to King Street

    38 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jan 1996
  24. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/94/0907/D

    Detached three-bedroomed

    Plot 3 Market Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Oct 1994

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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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