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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20,259 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0162/F

    Extension to front of bungalow

    65 Youell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HR

    Received 11 Mar 2014
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0912/F

    Installation of security shutter +

    4 Market Place Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Nov 2001
  3. WITHDRAWN06/23/0886/VCF

    Proposed Variation of Conditions 2 and 8 of pp. 06/21/0959/F (Erection of a two-level boathouse on the decoy, in the grounds of Hopton Manor) - Revised plans and designs of boathouse including balcony details.

    Hopton Manor Hall Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9BB

    Received 4 Dec 2023
  4. NO OBJECTION06/05/0561/M

    Erection of 9 metre wooden pole

    Millview The Street Thurne Great Yarmouth NR29 3AP

    Received 19 Jul 2005
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0020/F

    Change of use of part of unit from B8 (storage & distribution to place a catering unit A5 (hot food takeaway)

    Atlantis Aquatics 12 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jan 2010
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0127/HH

    Proposed installation of a detached timber outbuilding - garden room

    117 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DL

    Received 15 Feb 2023
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0989/F

    One hundred and thirty nine dwellings including all necessary roads and sewers

    Millwood Park Phase 3 Plots 132-281 Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Dec 1995
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0238/CU

    Change of use from B1c Light Industrial to D2 Gymnastics Club

    12 Brinell Way Harfreys Industrial Estate GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0LU

    Received 8 Jun 2020
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0879/CU

    Change of use from A1 to A5 (take-away) shop

    204 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 16 Oct 2006
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0153/F

    GIS

    Vanguard Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Feb 1999
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0662/F

    Proposed new 2 storey dwelling

    8 and 9 Fisher Avenue (Rear of) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4BD

    Received 23 Oct 2017
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0596/F

    Installation of two external air conditioning cassette units

    Cobholm & Lichfield Health & Resource Centre Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0DW

    Received 28 Sept 2010
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0448/F

    Single storey kitchen extension

    1 Half Moon Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 May 1995
  14. EST/LAW USE CER.06/97/0425/EU

    GIS

    37 Pavilion Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 May 1997
  15. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/02/0690/O

    Erection of three-bedroomed bungalow and garage +

    66 Repps Road (rear of) Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Aug 2002
  16. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0909/A

    Advertising fascia sign

    140 High Street Hughes Electrical Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RB

    Received 3 Nov 1999
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0439/F

    GIS

    1 Allies Cottages Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Jun 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0550/F

    Single storey extension to form a front entrance lobby

    43 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HF

    Received 20 Aug 2009
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0639/F

    Proposed single storey front extension. Extend brick boundary wall to east side. Demolish existing single garage and construct new double garage

    37 Links Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JB

    Received 25 Oct 2012
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0036/A

    Two free standing boards advertising housing development land at Wheatcroft Farm

    A143/Browston Lane Roundabout Bluebell Meadows Development Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 21 Jan 2016
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0546/F

    Conversion of flat roof to pitched roof

    22 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Jun 1995
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0586/F

    Proposed 2 storey and single storey rear extensions and detached garage

    159 Burgh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AX

    Received 17 Oct 2018
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0267/F

    First floor extension to create a bedroom with en-suite using part of roof space *

    Orchard Cottage Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DW

    Received 22 Mar 2002
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0078/F

    Erection of 1.800 m high boundary fence

    29 Belstead Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DB

    Received 28 Jan 2004

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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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