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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
226Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,147 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,263 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0047/A

    Proposed fascia & projecting sign

    Boots The Chemist Coliseum Precinct High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6QX NR31 6QX

    Received 15 Jan 2007
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0980/F

    Alterations to warehouses and buildings to connect 32 Southgates Road and 82 Exmouth Road *

    32 Southgates Road/ 82 Exmouth Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3DP

    Received 7 Dec 2000
  3. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/95/0813/BM

    Reinstatement of track for

    Humberstone Farm Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Oct 1995
  4. DETAILS REQUIRED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0092/DM

    Prior approval notification for the proposed demolition of a building

    East Consortium Building The Conge Great Yarmouth NR30 1JN

    Received 1 Feb 2023
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0996/O

    Three detached dwellings each with private garage

    45 Martham Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth (rear of Laburnum Villa)

    Received 18 Oct 2004
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0453/F

    Roof to porch - side extension and pitched roof to garage

    17 Links Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JP NR31 6JP

    Received 1 Jul 2016
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0052/F

    Conversion of redundant chapel to dwelling

    Methodist Chapel Market Place/Beach Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth, NR29 4AJ

    Received 25 Jan 2013
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0717/F

    Rear kitchen extension

    40 Mallard Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8LX

    Received 20 Oct 2014
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0260/F

    Conversion of existing loft space which includes the insertion of rooflights

    Plot 1, Rear of 31 Yarmouth Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL

    Received 29 Apr 2010
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0959/F

    Proposed erection of a two-level boathouse on the decoy, in the grounds of Hopton Manor.

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

    Received 16 Nov 2021
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0909/F

    First floor bedroom extension +

    28 Bracecamp Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Nov 2001
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0806/F

    Erection of Sky tv dish *

    76a New College Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7DG

    Received 28 Sept 2000
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0715/F

    Renewal of planning permission Ref. No. 06/02/0403/F for field shelter for pet miniature horses

    Pendenbury, 7 Rectory Close Rollesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR29 5HW

    Received 10 Aug 2007
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0756/F

    First floor extension over existing garage *

    10 Fell Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Sept 2000
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0220/O

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/95/0275/O for residential development - three bungalows *

    128 Southtown Road (rear of) Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Mar 2000
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1061/O

    Proposed residential development of former builders yard to form two dwellings

    113 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 18 Dec 2006
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0440/F

    New conservatory to rear elevation

    38 Crosstead Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4AP

    Received 6 Jul 2009
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1064/F

    Pitched roof over existing flat roof

    1 Seafield Road South Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LD

    Received 2 Nov 2004
  19. WITHDRAWN06/17/0030/F

    Single storey extension to existing sales office to form new leisure office

    Caister Holiday Park Ormesby Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NQ

    Received 18 Jan 2017
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0494/F

    Alterations and extensions to front & rear to provide facilities for a disabled person +

    118 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4NT

    Received 21 Jun 2001
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0617/F

    Proposed single storey side extension

    127 Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6LW NR31 6LW

    Received 10 Jul 2006
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0668/O

    Construction of single storey detached residential dwelling with private garage.

    Knights Lodge (Plot adjoining) Ormesby Lane Filby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 30 Aug 2005
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0426/HH

    Single-storey front extension.

    Clancy's Cottage, Glebe Corner Mautby NR29 3ED

    Received 27 May 2026
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0631/F

    Two storey extensions to side, rear and front of dwellings, extension to front and new pitched roof to garage

    27 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3NH

    Received 21 Sept 2011

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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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