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20,230 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0979/F
Installation of artwork sculpture: Pair of bronze cast seahorses on a concrete plinth.
Land within Anchor Gardens Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DL
Received 20 Dec 2024
Undecided06/26/0554/F
Retrospective planning application for the siting of additional storage containers in association with the established B8 storage use at Highfield Farm, in addition to containers already authorised under pp 06/22/1070/F.
Highfield Farm Heath Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HJ
Received 6 Jul 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0037/F
Three additional microwave dishes 600mm each, new large portasilo cabin to replace current cabin *
Caister Water Tower Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5NH
Received 20 Jan 2000
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/08/0726/LB
Extend pantiled roof over shop into thatch. Remove valley gutter and chimney stack
Shop & The Cottage 17 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PL
Received 1 Oct 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0801/O
Conversion of barns to residential +
Hobland Farm (barns at) Hobland Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Sept 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0237/F
Proposed change of use of guest house and ancillary residential accommodation to 3 no. self-contained holiday apartments
25 Camperdown Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JB
Received 23 Mar 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0331/BF
GIS
South Breydon Water Near Great Yarmouth
Received 1 May 1998
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0555/A
GIS
12/13 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jun 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0546/CU
Renewal of pp 06/02/0480/CU for use of site for recommissioning offshore platforms
South Denes Road Great Yarmouth (Tank site)
Received 14 Jul 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0670/F
New boundary fence & gates
Hopton House Hall Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9BB
Received 9 Dec 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0634/F
Proposed conservatory
12 Caraway Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8TS
Received 27 Aug 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1184/F
Rear and side extension
Heather Cottage Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8AT
Received 13 Dec 2004
WITHDRAWN06/02/0315/CU
Change of use to children's nursery *
Unit 43 Longs Industrial Estate Englands Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Apr 2002
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/21/0637/CD
Discharge of part B of Condition 6 of pp. 06/19/0099/O (Residential development ) in respect of Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation (Informative trial trenching)
St Nicholas Drive Caister GREAT YARMOUTH (west of) NR30 5RE
Received 22 Jul 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0829/BU
GIS
Bentleys Farm Low Road West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SP
Received 7 Oct 1999
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0874/F
Proposed new dwelling and associated works
Bradgate (site adjacent) Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU NR31 9PU
Received 9 Oct 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0065/F
Front and rear single storey extensions
90 Kings Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7DJ
Received 26 Jan 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0630/F
Extension to form summer room *
7 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE
Received 19 Jul 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0188/F
Removal of condition 16 of Planning Permission 06/10/0535/F - need for new fire hydrant
Power Station (Land adj) South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF
Received 23 Mar 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0923/BF
Extension *
Plot 7 Priory Gardens St Olaves Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Dec 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0033/F
Fabricated retail kiosk unit *
Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (kiosk adjacent to Arnold Palmer Putting Course) NR30 2ES
Received 13 Jan 2003
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0251/F
Proposed detached replacement dwelling
52 California Crescent California GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QP
Received 18 Apr 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0854/F
Proposed Carport
22 Whinchat Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 6 Oct 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0545/F
Retrospective application for a conservatory
16 Humber Keel Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TH
Received 17 Aug 2011

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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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