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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0848/BF

    Second floor front extension

    The Cottage, High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 31 Oct 2005
  2. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0762/A

    GIS

    Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth (rear of Travellers Site)

    Received 25 Sept 1998
  3. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0968/LB

    GIS

    7 Church Plain The Wrestlers Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Dec 1996
  4. APPROVE06/21/0409/TRE

    Fell Copper Beech T1 (TPO Ref No.5 1994)

    53a Station Road North Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9NG

    Received 31 May 2021
  5. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0444/A

    New fascia and projecting sign and new internal promotions

    25 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LY

    Received 8 Jul 2015
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0656/F

    Conservatory to rear of property *

    76 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RQ

    Received 23 Jul 2002
  7. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0770/CU

    Change of use of ground floor from A3 (food and drink) to residential

    59 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2EJ

    Received 8 Dec 2015
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0632/F

    Replacement dwelling and detached garage

    Avoca Mill Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QW

    Received 23 Oct 2015
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0980/F

    GIS

    202/203 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Dec 1999
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0561/F

    Add'l 10 houses/bungalows/ garages, tog with ass'd works inc minor amendments to layout app'd under 06/00/0264/F

    Lowestoft Road (land off) Hopton Great Yarmouth (rear of Old Church Road)

    Received 20 Jun 2002
  11. APPROVED BY NCC06/09/0387/SU

    The temporary provision of 2 no modular classrooms and 1 no modular toilet unit

    Peterhouse First School Peterhouse Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Jun 2009
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0040/F

    Proposed flat roof garage with stairs and balustrading to garden roof

    5 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RT

    Received 23 Jan 2012
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0525/F

    Single storey extension to 3 no. bedrooms and new entrance foyer

    Gresham Nursing Home 49 John Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LJ

    Received 14 Sept 2018
  14. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/22/0992/PDE

    Proposed prior approval - larger home extension: Single storey rear extension

    20 Pebble View Walk Hopton-on-sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9SG

    Received 17 Nov 2022
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0147/F

    To construct a steel framed boat shed and include within a village Heritage Centre

    Beach Road Fishermans Huts Beach Car Park Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 9 Mar 2018
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0751/HH

    Erection of a catslide porch to front elevation; Construction of a ground floor rear extension and first floor dormer extension above.

    Union Farm Court Road Rollesby NR29 5HG

    Received 15 Sept 2025
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0230/F

    Proposed single storey side extension

    2 Jackson Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9FY

    Received 10 Apr 2017
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0602/F

    GIS

    51 Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Jul 1999
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0533/SU

    GIS

    Promenade Gorleston Great Yarmouth (adja to Pier Head Toilets)

    Received 22 Jun 1999
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0487/F

    Move overflow carpark for public house and develop a terrace of four, two-bedroom cottages with associated parking on site of part of current overflow carpark.

    Queens Head Public House High Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 31 Jul 2017
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0076/O

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/98/0259/O for two- bedroomed bungalow and garage *

    2 Blyth Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TG

    Received 31 Jan 2001
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0926/F

    Erection of 2m high feather boarding wood fence, concrete posts and gravel boards along Southern boundary

    11 Cliff Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Hopton Parish)

    Received 30 Nov 2005
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0286/F

    Proposed first floor extension to form 4 new double bedrooms with improved facilities - revised submission

    Gresham Nursing Home 49 John Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LJ

    Received 8 May 2015
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0699/HH

    Single storey rear extension

    26 Chaucer Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4EZ

    Received 8 Sept 2023

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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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