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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20,259 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0911/SU

    Extension of playing field car park

    Mill Lane Recreation Ground Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Sept 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0311/F

    New ground floor windows x 2 and entry door

    25 Gatacre Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0BQ

    Received 15 May 2012
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0597/F

    Alterations and extension to form new master bedroom and en-suite bathroom, and enlarged garage

    3 Bracecamp Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jun 2004
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0990/F

    GIS

    24 Half Moon Cliff Park Estate Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TE

    Received 17 Dec 1998
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0584/CU

    Change of use from guest house to HMO

    Kingsley House Hotel 68 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2PP

    Received 30 Aug 2016
  6. NO OBJECTION06/25/0065/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1 x 9m medium wooden pole for Broadband purposes

    Land to the front of No's 19 & 20 Patterson Close Great Yarmouth NR30 1LD

    Received 28 Jan 2025
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0379/F

    Storage container linked to pool hall - previously approved on 06/09/0142/F

    Phoenix Pool Mallard Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JU

    Received 11 Jun 2012
  8. EST/LAW USE REF06/05/0757/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as a Hostel

    50 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 13 Oct 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0198/F

    Alterations and additions to provide dining and bathroom accommodation

    4 Priory Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1NJ

    Received 2 Mar 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0220/TRE

    G1 TPO Elm group trees have a noticeable easterly bias, overhanging the road and street lights. Reduce easterly and southern bias of trees by 2.5m (current radial spread 8m) crown lift to 5.5m from High Street road level. The trees' stems are very close to the wall, reducing them will slow root expansion and lessen the likelihood of damage. Removal of dead or dangerous trees within the parcel of woodland

    Land Rear 76 To 79 High Road (Land South of Koolunga House) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PB

    Received 14 Mar 2022
  11. EST/LAW USE CER.06/19/0397/EU

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as mobile residential unit

    Mill Cottage Mill Road Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3DY

    Received 9 Jul 2019
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0666/F

    Single storey rear extension

    The Forge Sandy Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EA

    Received 23 Oct 2017
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0551/F

    GIS

    Former Station Hotel Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Plots 2 and 3)

    Received 1 Jul 1999
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0879/F

    Continued use of land as Maize Maze as given temporary consent under planning permission Reference No. 06/06/0877/F

    Field Parcel ID 8304 Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Nov 2008
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0943/A

    GIS

    27 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LY

    Received 19 Nov 1999
  16. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/19/0611/A

    Installation of replacement illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of the building

    Captain Manby Guinevere Road Beacon Park Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RW

    Received 31 Oct 2019
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0161/F

    Erection of a detached dwelling on land adjacent to 138 Beccles Road and dropped kerbs

    138 Beccles Road Bradwell NR31 8PR

    Received 7 Apr 2020
  18. PERMITTED DEV.06/18/0299/LDO

    To construct a series of tanks and ancillary plant and equipment on land bounded by South Denes Road, Main Cross Road, Admiralty Road and Suffling Road

    Brineflow Main Base South Denes Road (Between Main Cross Rd & Suffling Rd) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3QD

    Received 6 Jun 2018
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0537/F

    Int'l steel walled const'on to form sealed area for dust/fume /paint control through water scrubber filter/extract unit*

    Viking Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NU

    Received 12 Jul 2001
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0773/F

    GIS

    Waveney Holiday Village Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Sept 1997
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0553/F

    GIS

    20 Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Jul 1999
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0440/F

    Proposed conversion of first floor, second floor, lower ground & upper ground at rear to No:13 residential flats

    167A - 170 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PA

    Received 3 Jul 2012
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0222/F

    Changing existing pitched and flat roof to one single monopitched roof over existing kitchen. Construction of new rear sunroom extension and front entrance canopy

    White House Main Road A1064 Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BA

    Received 12 Apr 2018
  24. Not proceeded with06/23/0064/TRE

    Proposed works to trees (TPO NO 1 1979) T11 - Remove one stem due to rot at base T12 - Full removal or pollard to make safe T17 - Re-pollard due to rot and damage T18 - Crown lift & small reduction

    Castle Hotel Norwich Road Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JN

    Received 26 Jan 2023

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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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