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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20,263 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/06/0886/D

    Three bungalows in accordance with outline planning pemission 06/06/0126/O

    Alberta House 57 Cess Road Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 16 Oct 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0576/F

    Alterations to north elevation and internal alterations *

    67 Blackfriars Road Bookmakers Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Jul 1994
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0633/F

    Extend existing garage and form workshop +

    1 Burtons Farm Cottages Burtons Farm Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Aug 2001
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0319/F

    Coloured steel perforated security shutter +

    114 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Apr 2000
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0262/SU

    Extensions and internal refurbishment to flats

    1/1a/3/3a/5/5a/7/7a Worcester Way/109/109a/111/111a University Crescent Gorleston

    Received 29 Mar 1995
  6. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0576/CD

    Discharge of Condition 6 of pp 06/22/1026/D (Details of Reserved Matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to outline pp 06/20/0156/O (Residential development of up to 33 dwellings)) ; Details of proposed planting and landscape management

    Land adj Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret

    Received 17 Jul 2025
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0742/F

    Bathroom and bedroom extensions and replacement of front elevation materials with brickwork *

    7 Meadowcroft Bungalows Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QQ

    Received 25 Sept 2001
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0983/F

    Demolish existing garage extension (first phase of two storey extension) and replace with new dwelling

    Westdene Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 21 Dec 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0667/F

    Single storey rear extension

    Sycamore House Main Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AG

    Received 7 Oct 2016
  10. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/01/0014/F

    Use of site for temporary car parking

    Northgate Street/Rampart Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jan 2001
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0666/F

    Proposed garage extension

    39 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8SX

    Received 1 Nov 2010
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1209/F

    Refurbishment/conversion of agricultural barn into single dwelling

    White Gates Farm (barn 4) Private Road off Thrigby Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DX

    Received 20 Dec 2004
  13. EST/LAW USE CER.06/00/0770/EU

    App for a Cert of Lawfulness for extg use of main bdg as permanent res dwelling with 4 hol flats in rear addition *

    39 Wellesley Road Norbreck Holiday Flats Great Yarmouth NR30 1EU

    Received 12 Sept 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0542/F

    Single storey rear extension, extending existing kitchen facilities

    Bourne Leisure Ltd, Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BW

    Received 10 Sept 2012
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0176/A

    1 x non illuminated folded aluminium wall sign with fret cut text & logo, 1 x internally illuminated folded aluminium projecting sign with fret cut text & logo

    Lloyds Pharmacy St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JT

    Received 22 Mar 2010
  16. Not proceeded with06/22/0362/TRE

    Proposed Tree works

    44 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 3QF

    Received 6 Apr 2022
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0583/F

    Conversion of four-storey semi-detached dwelling into four two-bedroomed flats and five three-bedroomed flats

    42 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1EY

    Received 22 Jun 2004
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0732/O

    GIS

    Cornercroft Back Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BG

    Received 1 Sept 1999
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0303/F

    Re-build garage in new location

    28 Beach Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AJ

    Received 10 May 2017
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0707/TRE

    Proposed works to trees (TPO No. 10 1991) - T1 Ash - Remove due to disease and danger to caravan at No 1 Burgh Hall Residential Caravan Park; T2 Maple - remove due to disease

    12 Burgh Hall Residential Caravan Park Tower Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3DW

    Received 25 Sept 2023
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0828/F

    Retention of temporary staff accommodation and modifications to car parking arrangements

    South Denes Road/Swanstons Rd Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Sept 1994
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0411/F

    Demolish garage; rebuild larger garage on same site; rotated through 90 degrees (to house variety club minibus)

    John Grant School St Georges Drive Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Jun 2009
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0474/F

    8m high cctv column

    Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (off Camperdown)

    Received 26 May 2004
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0413/F

    Convert public house into 4 dwellings

    1 North Denes Road Earl of Beaconsfield Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 6 Jun 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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