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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
230Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,142 approved or refused records
2,883Refused applications

20,259 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. NO OBJECTION06/99/0616/SU

    GIS

    Cliff Park First School Orde Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jul 1999
  2. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0708/A

    GIS

    Mill Lane/Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HR

    Received 23 Aug 1999
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0688/F

    Two additional door openings and construction of timber fenced compound to external aspect

    Bradwell Medical Centre Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Jul 2004
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0216/F

    Front extension and alterations

    3a Balmoral Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4DZ

    Received 18 Mar 2021
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0039/F

    Proposed conservatory

    1 The Oaks Wapping Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jan 2013
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0579/F

    Change of use and conversion of redundant barn to form dwelling, erection of garage and new farm access

    Home Farm (Barn at) Ruggs Lane Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 27 Jun 2006
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0626/F

    Brick built boundary wall with pillars for railings to be inserted to front of property and between neighbours property. Maximum height of pillars 1.80 metre, height of wall in between pillars 0.96 metre

    1 Alexandra Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4ED

    Received 28 Sept 2009
  8. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/05/0377/A

    Installation of external illumination to existing fascia signs

    182 Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6NN

    Received 10 May 2005
  9. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0067/A

    GIS

    Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth (rear part of unit behind Lindgreat)

    Received 28 Jan 1997
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0896/TRE

    G1 - x 5 Oak trees - T1, T3, T4 and T5 crown raise 7ft from ground and crown thin by 30% (25% for T3); T2 crown raise 1m above the outbuildings and crown thin by 30%.

    Merrivale Model Village Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3JG

    Received 21 Oct 2021
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0366/F

    Rear and side extension to provide carport, garage and extra living accommodation

    28 Kennel Loke Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU

    Received 9 May 2005
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/96/0911/F

    GIS

    Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Dec 1996
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0268/F

    Single storey rear extension & front dormer windows to facilitate loft conversion

    Tolka Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS

    Received 26 Apr 2012
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0508/F

    Alterations to forecourt to include coin operated jetwash and vacuum facility

    256 Southtown Road Seaquest Service Station Great Yarmouth NR30 0JJ

    Received 23 Aug 2013
  15. FINALLY DISPOSED OF Conditions/Reasons06/20/0312/F

    Installation of 7 Garden cabins (some interconnecting) at rear of the Cliff Hotel

    Cliff Hotel Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DH

    Received 3 Jul 2020
  16. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0065/A

    Signs at pharmacy

    St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jan 1996
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0574/F

    Erection of bungalow

    Plot 4 Links Court off Links Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jun 1995
  18. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/23/0289/PAD

    Application for Prior Approval - Proposed installation of solar PV panels - Old Touring Block

    Wild Duck Caravan Park Howards Common Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NE

    Received 11 Apr 2023
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0490/F

    Proposed pair of semi-detached houses

    Albert Gate Road (Site at) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3HN

    Received 25 Jun 2008
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0250/SU

    Bedroom extension and alterations to existing bed recess bungalows

    65A & 65B Oxford Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 27 Mar 2008
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0391/CU

    Change of use to create 6 self contained flats and conversion of outbuilding to create self contained dwelling

    Calthorpe House 8 Alexandra Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2HW

    Received 28 Aug 2020
  22. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0026/F

    Erection of two metre fence at front of property

    25 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH

    Received 12 Jan 2016
  23. Split decision Conditions/Reasons06/25/0774/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 4 1991) W2 (T1 Red Oak) 25% crown reduction due to excessive shading, (T2-T14 Fir) Fell due to excessive shading and to ensure safer parking area and enclosed garden, (T15 Silver Birch) Fell due to bad health and to facilitate house extension works. All felled trees to be replaced by a mix of Beech, Hornbeam and Silver Birch elsewhere on the site

    Hays House Herringfleet Road St Olaves NR31 9HJ

    Received 24 Sept 2025
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0268/HH

    Removal of conservatory and erection of single storey side and rear extensions

    1 Blake Drive Bradwell NR31 9GW

    Received 31 Mar 2025

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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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