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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 · 23,127 approved or refused records

2,883Refused applications

20,244 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0723/F
Extension to provide sitting room in roof of bungalow
16 Fairway Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5RJ
Received 28 Jul 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0099/CU
Change of use from Class D2 (assembly and leisure) to storage and distribution (Class B8)
Units 13 & 14 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX
Received 6 Feb 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0823/F
Porch on front of house *
76 Century Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0BX
Received 5 Oct 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0720/HH
Single storey side and rear extension with pitched roof over
16 Spruce Avenue Ormesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RY
Received 21 Sept 2023
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0291/A
One fascia sign
Unit 3 Swanstons Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NQ
Received 17 May 2010
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0310/A
GIS
16 Theatre Plain Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Apr 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0387/F
Vary Condition 11 of PP 06/05/0776/O to allow gas services to be installed at alternative level
Lucas Road (Plots 1-10) Cobholm Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 13 Jun 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0670/F
Demolition of existing sub-standard chalet and construction of new chalet bungalow with integral garage
40 California Crescent California Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3QP
Received 2 Nov 2010
NO OBJECTION06/25/0680/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Fir - Fell.
11 North Road Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3SA
Received 14 Aug 2025
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/96/0718/CU
GIS
Central Store The Street Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Sept 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0872/F
New brick garage with tiled roof
3 West Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5AQ NR30 5AQ
Received 13 Oct 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0859/F
GIS
51 Caystreward Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Oct 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0904/F
GIS
41 Connaught Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Nov 1997
EST/LAW USE CER.06/25/0739/PU
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development: Proposed use of land for siting a mobile home for use as an annex ancillary to the main dwelling, with associated groundworks.
39 Mill Road Hemsby NR29 4ND
Received 9 Sept 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0909/F
Extension +
1 The Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4ER
Received 8 Nov 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0216/F
Extension to rear with pitched roof
9 Barton Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SD
Received 6 Apr 2011
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0547/A
Change of car park signage
Yarmouth Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL
Received 7 Sept 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0698/F
Proposed extension (annexe for aged relative)
3 Leicester Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 6SL
Received 6 Aug 2007
NO OBJECTION06/22/0710/TEL
Installation of 1 x 10m wooden pole for fixed line broadband
O/S 26 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HX
Received 11 Aug 2022
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0613/A
GIS
156 High Street Midland Bank Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RD
Received 16 Jul 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0622/F
Proposed rear extension
79 El Alamein Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SX
Received 13 Nov 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0174/F
Renewal of planning permission no. 06/95/0060/F for office accommodation and storage yard
Symonds and Coman Morton Peto Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell
Received 4 Mar 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0464/F
GIS
18 North River Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1JY
Received 30 May 1997
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/1088/F
Proposed demolition of derelict garages and construction of two 3-bedroomed houses and a one bedroomed annex
Site Adjacent 44 Sussex Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6PS
Received 20 Dec 2022

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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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