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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 · 23,150 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/08/0207/F

    Provide velux style windows to rear elevation & internal alterations to make roof space habitable

    Site adjoining 60 North Drive Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4EX

    Received 12 Mar 2008
  2. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0873/F

    Ground and first floor extensions to side and porch to front

    9 Caystreward Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 2 Dec 2008
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0833/F

    Proposed single storey front extension

    56 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 14 Nov 2008
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0467/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/11/0295/F for variation of condition 3 of Planning Permission 06/98/0518/F from class B1 (Business) to A1 (Shops)

    Units 1-10B Hall Farm Business Park Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Jun 2014
  5. EST/LAW USE CER.06/10/0362/EU

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as six residential flats

    20 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JL

    Received 14 Jun 2010
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0651/SU

    Dem upper storey maisonettes/ grd flr stores to George St/ Patterson Cl, provide pitched roofs and front porches

    31/41 George Street (odds)/ 1/16 Patterson Close (all) Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jul 2003
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0351/F

    Conversion of barn to private keep-fit and personal training facilities as a very low key commercial diversification *

    Woodlands Farm Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DX

    Received 2 May 2000
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1048/F

    Retrospective application for a rustic fence 1.8 metre high with the final three sections 1 metre high

    8 St Benets Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7LY NR31 7LY

    Received 30 Nov 2007
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0869/F

    Car port to south gable of house *

    93 California Avenue Beau Rivage Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Oct 2000
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0762/F

    Redevelopment of builders yard for the erection of three dwellings with garaging and all associated works.

    Land to the east of Manships Farm Cottage Main Road Ormesby

    Received 27 Sept 2024
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0827/CU

    GIS

    2 Trafalgar Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2LD

    Received 20 Oct 1998
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0538/SU

    GIS

    Orford Close Middlegate Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Jul 1996
  13. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/03/0994/LB

    Improvements to windows and doors (mainly rear elevations and outbuildings)

    4 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Oct 2003
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1071/HH

    Proposed extension to enlarge garage and extend front boundary wall

    7 El Alamein Way Bradwell NR31 8SX

    Received 9 Dec 2022
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/05/0576/A

    Shop fascia sign and projecting sign

    Digital Phone Company 11 Theatre Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 2BE

    Received 26 Jul 2005
  16. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/97/0085/F

    GIS

    42 North Drive Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Feb 1997
  17. Undecided (On Hold)06/2/17/F

    Test Application for Training

    Test Location

    Received 1 Jan 2019
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0838/F

    Conservatory *

    15 Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Oct 2001
  19. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/20/0027/A

    Application for consent to display an advertisement

    Unit 3 Bessemer Way GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0LX

    Received 27 Jan 2020
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/1039/F

    Extension to kitchen *

    3 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HS

    Received 23 Dec 1999
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0127/PAD

    Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for the conversion of first floor storage areas (Use Class E) to form 1no. self-contained 1-bedroom flat (Use Class C3) (Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G of the The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015)

    41 Market Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1PB

    Received 17 Feb 2025
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0080/F

    Retention of timber stables

    Caister by pass / Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (field at junction of)

    Received 23 Jan 2006
  23. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0675/CD

    Proposed discharge of condition 4 of pp 06/22/0907/F - Proposed construction of a mixed use commercial building comprising of office (Class E) and storage and distribution (Class B8) Uses, associated landscaping, new perimeter fencing, new accesses to Thamesfield way and car parking area; removal of existing tank from site. Condition 4 - Contamination

    Site off Thamesfield Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0DN

    Received 23 Aug 2024
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1136/F

    Sun lounge and bedroom extension

    5 Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DJ

    Received 29 Nov 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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