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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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0310/F

    Installation of external exhaust duct through roof for dry filter spray booth

    Unit 10 Queens Road Business Centre Great Yarmouth NR30 3HT

    Received 24 Mar 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/1037/VCF

    Variation of Conditions 1, 2, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 19 of pp 06/24/1002/VCF (a variation of pp 06/23/0318/VCF which varied pp 06/22/0429/F: Development of 6 houses and conversion of barn into a dwelling, garages, access road and associated works) - Proposed amendments to the approved plans for Plot 6, to change the garage to a garage and car port, add a rear single-storey extension, add two chimneys, and install PV roof panels.

    Dairy Farm 37 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QE

    Received 3 Dec 2025
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0121/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    117 Almond Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8EL

    Received 9 Mar 2015
  4. ADV. REFUSAL (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/23/0159/A

    Proposed installation of 1 static non-illuminated pole-mounted advertisement sign

    A1243 Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0LZ

    Received 22 Feb 2023
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0024/F

    Rear extension to bungalow

    1 Spindrift Close Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AN

    Received 8 Jan 2004
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0323/HH

    Dropped kerb extension and associated works.

    23 Holly Avenue Bradwell NR31 8NL

    Received 22 Apr 2026
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0049/VCF

    Variation of condition 2 of pp. 06/22/0286/HH - amendment to approved plans - replace brick built garage with a timber garage of the same size and volume

    Borrowdale Sandy Lane Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9LT

    Received 21 Jan 2023
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0915/F

    GIS

    2 Browston Green Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Nov 1999
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0454/O

    Renewal of p.p. number 06/92/0549/O for demolition of extg. and erection of three-bedroomed residential dwelling

    19 The Esplanade Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jun 1996
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0125/F

    Extension to garage with flat roof to pitched, rear of garage to be used as utility room,3 Velux windows in new garage roof. Replace wood boundary fence with brick construction.

    19 The Fairway Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JS (Parish of Hopton)

    Received 3 Mar 2017
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0244/F

    Retail food store, five indiv. shops, car park, service yards and roads, doctors surgery, petrol filling station

    Mill Lane/Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Mar 1994
  12. DETAILS NOT REQ'D Conditions/Reasons06/21/0349/PDE

    Prior approval - notification of a larger home extension - erection of 5m x 3m single storey rear extension (with removal of existing conservatory)

    40 Black Street Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4PN

    Received 5 May 2021
  13. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/14/0059/CC

    Demolition of commercial building to allow the erection of a terrace of three 3-bedroomed houses

    St Peters Plain Former Waterworks Storage & Pipeyard Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jan 2014
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0661/F

    Extension to cloakroom for shower

    119 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jul 2004
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0887/HH

    (Retrospective) Single Storey side extension to infill existing carport including rooflight and flue to roof . New slate cladding and render to West elevation along with works to windows and doors

    3 Plane Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8EG

    Received 30 Nov 2023
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0677/F

    Proposed dormer on front elevation

    10 Marine Drive Caister-on-Sea NR30 5NP

    Received 19 Sept 2014
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0896/BF

    GIS

    OS Plot No 8720 West End West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Nov 1998
  18. NO OBJECTION06/20/0491/SU

    Part discharge of condition 17 of PP/19/0624/SU (SEMH Sen School) in respect of Arboricultural Watching Brief (NCC ref FUL/2019/0047)

    Alderman Swindell First School Beresford Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4AB

    Received 9 Oct 2020
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0292/F

    Health/resource centre to provide medical/child care, community facs/meeting rooms/ limited rentable office space +

    Mid Continent Site Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Apr 2002
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0131/A

    GIS

    20/21 Marine Parade Circus Circus Amusements Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Feb 1998
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0518/O

    Proposed residential development - 7 plots

    Main Road (Off) Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HN

    Received 10 Aug 2016
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0738/F

    Proposed first floor rear extension

    28 Victoria Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EF

    Received 19 Dec 2013
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0394/F

    Conversion of existing stable block and 50% of an existing garage/workshop into a three bedroom residential dwelling

    64 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LE

    Received 13 Jun 2009
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0782/F

    Rear extension to garage *

    3 Dales Court Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9UE

    Received 13 Sept 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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