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20,244 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/22/0783/A

    Proposed free standing advertisement sign with top down lighter illumination

    24 Church Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 1NE

    Received 7 Sept 2022
  2. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0747/A

    The erection of an illuminated totem pole sign

    Becks Garage Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DR

    Received 19 Dec 2012
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0332/F

    Extension to garage

    36 Whinchat Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SD

    Received 5 Apr 2006
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0317/F

    Replacement of retail shop front to retail unit and associated works to improve disabled access *

    125 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RE

    Received 14 Apr 2000
  5. WITHDRAWN06/07/0721/F

    Loft conversion

    29 Elmhurst Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 6ST

    Received 10 Aug 2007
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0610/F

    GIS

    37 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LA

    Received 16 Jul 1997
  7. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/06/0070/BL

    Change of use application from agricultural building to a single residential unit with extensions and alterations

    Hall Farm Barns Hall Farm Stokesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 20 Jan 2006
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0154/F

    Proposed loft conversion with addition of 6no. non-obscured, opening windows; Other internal alterations

    33 Claydon Grove Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8AU

    Received 22 Feb 2021
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0861/F

    Bay window *

    6 Laburnam Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JB

    Received 1 Oct 2002
  10. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0729/LB

    GIS

    RC Church St Peter the Apostle Lowestoft Road Gorleston Grear Yarmouth

    Received 30 Sept 1996
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0142/SU

    Conversion of eight bungalows into six, one bedroom bungalows with extensions

    6 - 13 Charter Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 13 Feb 2007
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0750/F

    Detached double garage *

    39 Long Beach Estate Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Sept 1999
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0263/SU

    Conversion of existing wardens house into two flats and front entrance extension

    25 St Mary's Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LL

    Received 1 Apr 2008
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0444/F

    GIS

    Unit 31 Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jun 1998
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0152/HH

    Single storey rear extension to provide family room. Conversion of existing double garage into games room. Single storey extension to existing garage to provide a replacement single garage

    3 Broom Close Martham NR29 4RZ

    Received 29 Feb 2024
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0680/F

    Proposed single storey front and rear extensions

    3 Hickling Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SE

    Received 7 Nov 2013
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0618/F

    Development of 30 affordable homes

    Estcourt Road GREAT YARMOUTH (east of Churchill Road/north of Estcourt Road)

    Received 13 Nov 2020
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0630/F

    New bungalow to replace existing

    405 The Glebe Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Jul 1995
  19. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0321/CD

    Discharge of Condition 5 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) of pp. 06/24/0756/F (Construction of hard surfacing to extend the existing car park to provide an additional 37no. parking spaces, with associated landscaping, planting, CCTV and lighting).

    Fleggburgh Village Hall Main Road Fleggburgh NR29 3AG

    Received 21 Apr 2026
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0480/HH

    Installation of render and weatherboard cladding to replace existing materials on all exterior elevations; Apply brick slips to chimney; Install replacement windows and garage door; Renew fascias and soffits.

    9 Firs Avenue Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3RT

    Received 23 Jun 2026
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0437/TRE

    T1 - Monterrey Cypress - crown lift by removal of lower branches to 3-4m; T2 - Oak - reduce heavily to reduce further impact on property; T3 - Holly - reduce property side limbs by 15% and crown lift to 3m to minimise further impact on property.

    Green space at junction of Coast Road and Manor Gardens Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SN

    Received 12 May 2022
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0422/F

    Renewal of planning permission no 06/00/0779/F for sectional-type store/building

    Boundary Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LW

    Received 6 May 2004
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0915/F

    Renewal of planning permission

    Wood Group Offshore Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Oct 1994
  24. WITHDRAWN06/24/0254/HH

    Two-storey rear extension to provide extended kitchen and new bedroom.

    17 Castle Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8TJ

    Received 4 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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