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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20,263 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0139/F

    Floodlighting to synthetic sports pitch

    Lynn Grove V A High School Lynn Grove Gorleston on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP NR31 8AP

    Received 7 Feb 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0344/CU

    Change of use from B1/B8 Industrial Warehouse to D2 Leisure (private personal training studio)

    Unit 8 Jones (Gc) Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0GA

    Received 24 Jul 2020
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0341/F

    Proposed single storey front porch

    Brecklands New Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HP

    Received 26 May 2009
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0041/F

    Extension to bungalow

    2 Merriman Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jan 1996
  5. NO OBJECTION06/14/0220/SU

    Erection of modular building for office/welfare purposes

    Pump Lane Caister Highways Depot West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Apr 2014
  6. APPROVED BY NCC06/03/0661/SU

    Eleven new car parking spaces and formation of new vehicular access onto Tamworth Lane *

    Southtown First School Tamworth Lane Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jul 2003
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0152/F

    Extension to lounge *

    60 Old Church Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BZ

    Received 20 Feb 2002
  8. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/05/0488/D

    Twenty seven dwellings

    James Paget Healthcare Trust Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jun 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0500/F

    GIS

    1 Greenacres Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Jun 1997
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0691/BF

    Installation of automatic teller machine to external wall of garage shop *

    Shell Garage Caister Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4DL

    Received 6 Sept 2001
  11. WITHDRAWN06/07/0453/F

    Front garden wall on boundary of property which adjoins public pavement 152cm high

    1 University Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8UX NR31 8UX

    Received 16 May 2007
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0737/F

    Warehouse extension

    Macron Safety Systems (UK) Ltd Lefevre Way Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Aug 2004
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0426/F

    Extension to ball court fencing

    Peggotty Road Community Centre Peggotty Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 May 2004
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0106/F

    Extension and conservatory *

    33 North River Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Feb 1998
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0396/F

    Single storey extension to form two bedrooms with en-suite facilities. Amended design of previously approved garage to kitchen conversion and front porch

    Acorn Lodge California Crescent California Great Yarmouth NR29 3QP NR29 3QP

    Received 16 Jun 2009
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0672/F

    Extension to rear

    5 Spencer Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7BH NR31 7BH

    Received 31 Aug 2005
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0794/F

    GIS

    5 Station Road South The Wellands Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JG

    Received 29 Sept 1997
  18. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/03/0894/A

    Various signs and lettering

    Warwick Shubrook Station Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0HB

    Received 26 Sept 2003
  19. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/23/0342/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1 x 10m wooden telephone pole for fixed line Broadband

    OS 1 Hawthorn Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8ET

    Received 19 Apr 2023
  20. APPROVE06/21/0555/TCA

    Holme Oak (T491) - Fell due to extensive dieback in crown Beech (T492) - dead, dismantle to monolith at 5m Horse Chestnut (T493) - dead, dismantle to monolith at 5m Beech (T494) - dead, dismantle to monolith at 5m Elm (G509) - fell to ground level Elder (T500) - fell, poor specimen

    Koolunga House (Land to south of) High Street Gorleston

    Received 23 Mar 2021
  21. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/02/1021/LB

    Alteration to form shop front off Stonecutters Way *

    19 Broad Row Saks Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Nov 2002
  22. NO OBJECTION06/13/0664/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - Proposed single storey rear extension extending from rear wall by 8 metres

    11 California Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PE

    Received 25 Oct 2013
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0491/F

    Proposed extension to front of property

    20 Curlew Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QX

    Received 2 Aug 2012
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/14/0157/A

    Renewal of advert consent 06/12/0065/A - Board mounted sign

    Main Road Outside Bowling Green Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Mar 2014

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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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