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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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/16/0600/F

    Demolition of garage block and construction of two semi-detached dwellings

    Albert Gate Road (Garage Block) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3HN

    Received 2 Sept 2016
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0831/O

    Demolition of 8 existing lock up garages on the frontage to the site and replacement with a detached house with single garage

    44 Sussex Road (garages adj) Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6PF

    Received 14 Nov 2008
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0597/F

    Single storey rear extension

    14 Royal Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4EB

    Received 19 Sept 2017
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0617/CU

    Proposed change of use from single dwelling house to create 4 self contained flats

    25 Camperdown Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB

    Received 7 Jul 2022
  5. APPROVED BY NCC06/07/0457/F

    Cont extraction, processing, weighing & stockpiling mineral & other operational area for other activities till 31/12/20

    Welcome Pit Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 17 May 2007
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0749/F

    Change of use to sui generis use of hgv servicing and maintenance workshop with minor alterations

    Unit 2 Swanstons Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3NQ

    Received 7 Nov 2014
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0995/F

    Two-storey extension to provide two two-bedroomed flats and associated external works +

    St Pauls Lodge Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LH

    Received 15 Nov 2002
  8. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/20/0113/F

    New dwelling on land at Plane Road

    Land at Plane Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8EG

    Received 12 Mar 2020
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0325/F

    Proposed construction of side extension

    55 Bulmer Lane Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AF

    Received 24 May 2017
  10. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/21/0203/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3 & 4 of pp. 06/20/0521/F - Construction management strategy, full site survey and finished floor levels

    45 Marine Parade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6EX

    Received 15 Mar 2021
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0215/CU

    GIS

    26/27 South Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Mar 1999
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0771/F

    Porch extension

    7 St James Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 30 Sept 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0508/HH

    Proposed erection of two ancillary outbuildings for use as a garden shed and garden office

    Land to the south of Cliff Park House Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JN

    Received 29 Jun 2023
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0295/HH

    Single-storey front extension and alterations; Single-storey rear extension; Single-storey side and rear extension.

    7 Filby Close Filby NR29 3HT

    Received 16 Apr 2026
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/11/0077/A

    4 no. fascia signs and 1 no. customer order display and canopy

    McDonalds Restaurant Purley Court Great Yarmouth NR31 0LZ

    Received 7 Feb 2011
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0057/F

    Demolish existing flat roof garage and replace with single bedroom & en-suite with pitched roof

    50 Beach Drive Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3NP

    Received 25 Jan 2013
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0618/HH

    Proposed removal of dead hedge and replace with panel fencing

    2 Oak Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8NG

    Received 11 Jul 2022
  18. PERMITTED DEV.06/21/0350/PDE

    Prior approval - notification of larger home extension - Erection of 8m long single storey rear extension

    50 Claydon Grove Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8AT

    Received 6 May 2021
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0443/F

    Proposed storage building

    Pear Tree Villa Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LW

    Received 10 Jul 2013
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0790/F

    GIS

    166 Beccles Road Hill House Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Sept 1999
  21. WITHDRAWN06/05/0878/D

    Pair of semi-detached houses

    Beach Road (West Side) Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 14 Nov 2005
  22. NO OBJECTION06/12/0365/MM

    GPDO part 24 application - one BT Broadband Cabinet

    114 Regent Road (side of) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AB

    Received 8 Jun 2012
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0811/F

    Roundabout and new access road

    Repps Road (Land South of) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 21 Dec 2016
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1062/F

    Rear extension *

    5 Pound Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Dec 1994

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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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