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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

29,549Searchable applications

226Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,148 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,264 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0996/F
GIS
Hopton Manor Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE
Received 8 Dec 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0501/CU
Change of use from open space to incorporate into existing garden
2 Blyth Road (land adjoining) Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Jun 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0423/F
Internal alterations and new windows *
Palmer House Hewett Road Gapton Hall Ind Est Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NN
Received 30 May 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0534/F
Change of use to maisonette retaining second floor flat *
Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (former Riverside Colour Laboratories)
Received 30 Jun 2000
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0080/F
Renew Permission 06/06/0642/F for use as sales area and portacabin office
Three Lions Motor Co North Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1JF
Received 29 Jan 2008
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0333/CD
Discharge of Condition 21 of pp 06/20/0278/F (Conversion of public housing into dwelling and erection of 4no. dwellings) - Details of proposed Hard Landscaping Scheme.
Former First and Last Public House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QG
Received 16 Mar 2024
CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0460/CD
Discharge of conditions 7, 13 and 20 of pp 06/19/0471/F - parking management plan, materials for external elevations and details of bat/bird boxes.
Marina Centre Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2ER
Received 19 May 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0255/F
Extension to rear on kitchen
11 Drake Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 10 Mar 2006
WITHDRAWN06/95/0216/LB
Change of use to single residential dwelling
25 South Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Mar 1995
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0736/TRE
T1 Oak - Branches require cropping
15 Cotman Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RE
Received 31 Aug 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0954/F
Side store extension
Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 12 Dec 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0775/F
Proposed construction of 2no. 5 bed dwellings
70 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EZ
Received 5 Sept 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0117/F
GIS
1 Almond Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8EJ
Received 17 Feb 1998
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/10/0302/F
Rear two-storey extension
Melrose St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 18 May 2010
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/03/0782/LB
Change of use from vets to four apartments
Shipleys Bridge Road Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Aug 2003
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/0862/O
Detached house and garage
Woodside (adjacent) Wyckes Lane off Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9DY
Received 6 Sept 2004
NO OBJECTION06/25/0793/TEL
Proposed installation of wooden pole for fixed broadband purposes
O/s 10 Deepdale Avenue & Adj 8 Peartree Avenue Martham NR29 4RJ
Received 29 Sept 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0743/F
Proposed front and side extensions
10 Garfield Terrace Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5DG
Received 29 Oct 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0644/F
Bathroom extension
The Bungalow Drewerys Caravan Park California Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Jul 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0490/F
GIS
Trelawn Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jun 1999
REFUSED06/24/0476/NMA
Non-material amendment of pp 06/22/0373/HH, to change the approved design and remove the proposed pitch roof of the approved single storey rear extension and replace it with a flat roof design
5 Maple Gardens Bradwell NR31 8ND
Received 11 Jun 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0251/F
First floor extension to form additional bedroom and bathroom
28 Royal Thames Road Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5SD
Received 21 Apr 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0472/F
Extension to existing garage +
16 Rowan Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RY
Received 3 Jun 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0160/F
New 1.8m bi-parting door, new plant equipment
8 Bell Lane One-Stop Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LD
Received 20 Feb 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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