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Great Yarmouth planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Great Yarmouth website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
29,546Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,125 approved or refused records
2,883Refused applications

20,242 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0044/LB

    Alteration to remove modern internal walls

    140 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Jan 1996
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0104/F

    Proposed external alterations to landscaping, hard standing and planting

    Lynn Grove VA High School Lynn Grove Gorleston (Parish of Bradwell) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AP

    Received 14 Feb 2018
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0362/F

    Extension to front and rear

    5 Diana Way Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5TP NR30 5TP

    Received 18 Apr 2006
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0614/A

    Shop signage

    11-12 Marine Parade (Harry Ramsdens) Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 10 Jul 2007
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0614/F

    Proposed detached garage

    4 Symonds Avenue Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3PN

    Received 29 Sept 2017
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1088/F

    Extension to swamp house and new covered meeting area (open sided)

    Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens Thrigby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DA

    Received 15 Nov 2004
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0342/F

    First floor and ground floor pool extension and detached garage

    203 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6SX NR31 6SX

    Received 10 Apr 2007
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0449/F

    Change of use from office to day centre for adults with learning difficulties. Internal alterations and insertion of 2 number windows

    8-12 Queens Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3HT

    Received 15 Jul 2011
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0846/F

    GIS

    19 Upper Cliff Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Oct 1997
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0472/F

    Front corner balcony to 2nd floor

    Purdy House 150 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2PA

    Received 15 Jul 2015
  11. NO OBJECTION06/96/0774/M

    GIS

    Ashley Garden Centre Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Oct 1996
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0240/PDE

    Prior approval - notification for a larger home extension - proposed rear conservatory

    2 Carrel Road Gorleston-on-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7RF

    Received 26 Mar 2021
  13. APPROVED BY NCC06/08/0696/F

    Variation of Conditions 3 & 7 of PP 06/07/0901/F to provide for storage and transfer of waste and recycled materials outside the building to allow operations to take place on public holidays

    East Coast Waste Ltd Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LS

    Received 24 Sept 2008
  14. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/12/0094/LB

    Cut out existing internal walls 600 x 100 x 215mm and cast in-situ pad stones. Fit steel 'I' beam to support floor

    Maritime House Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2EN

    Received 13 Feb 2012
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1022/F

    First floor extension to form additional bedroom over existing garage *

    183 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8TX

    Received 25 Nov 2002
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0071/F

    Siting of mobile Climbing Wall

    Adj North West Wall of Marina Centre Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jan 2007
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0955/F

    GIS

    5 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SA

    Received 19 Dec 1996
  18. PERMITTED DEV.06/18/0572/PDE

    Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Larger Home Extension - Single storey rear extension

    49 Western Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7QG

    Received 5 Oct 2018
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0420/F

    Two-storey extension; double garage; new vehicular access and 1.8m high close-boarded boundary fence *

    Beech Farm Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3BA

    Received 6 May 2003
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0607/F

    Demolition of single storey dwelling and detached garage; new single storey dwelling and integral garage

    1 Tern Road White Lodge Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NX

    Received 12 Jul 2021
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0758/F

    Extension to rear.

    10 Grove Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 27 Sept 2005
  22. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/19/0126/CD

    Discharge of conditions 6 and 7 of planning permission 06/15/0046/F - Flood evaluation and Water Entry System

    18 South Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2RG

    Received 7 Mar 2019
  23. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0677/A

    Proposed banner sign and blackboard

    Myhills Nurseries Ltd Beccles Road Fritton Great Yamouth, Norfolk NR31 9EX

    Received 10 Sept 2008
  24. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/24/0284/PDE

    Notification of proposed larger home extension: Flat roof single storey rear extension with flat roof light

    63 Englands Lane Gorleston NR31 6BE

    Received 17 Apr 2024

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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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