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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
223Recorded 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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

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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/Reasons06/04/0594/SU

    Convert grd & 1st flr flats to semi-det house with single storey rear ext for family with physic'ly impaired member

    39 University Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QJ

    Received 23 Jun 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0859/F

    Renewal of consent for thirty six dwellings in two blocks with ancillary car parking and vehicular access

    3/4 North Drive Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Oct 1995
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1094/F

    Variation of condition to allow holiday occupation from 1st March to 14th January in the following year

    34 Four Acres Estate Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JB

    Received 25 Nov 2003
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0487/HH

    Proposed two storey side extension to replace existing single storey side extension

    43 Somerville Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7NP

    Received 13 Jun 2023
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0243/F

    Erect single storey front porch to form covered parking area for a mobility scooter

    14 Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PD

    Received 24 Apr 2013
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0685/F

    Formation of driveway access *

    15 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3AJ

    Received 11 Aug 2000
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0447/CU

    Proposed change of use to HMO (c4)

    8 Mace Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9GP

    Received 20 May 2022
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0483/F

    Erection of 28 dwellings and associated works.

    Land South of Beaufort Way Wheatcroft Farm Bradwell

    Received 19 Jun 2025
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0842/F

    GIS

    Cap Fabrications Faraday Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Nov 1996
  10. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0384/A

    New pub signs

    17 Market Place Market Tavern GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1LY

    Received 8 Jun 2015
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0781/F

    First floor extension and the erection of new garage for a private dwelling

    Nelson Road Hamilton House Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 8 Sept 2006
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0263/CU

    Change of use from house/post office to dwelling & erection of 2m wall

    52-54 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Apr 1997
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0238/F

    Installation of 2 external air source heat pumps on roof

    Howard Street South Lighthouse Great Yarmouth NR30 2PT

    Received 20 Mar 2014
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0282/F

    Renewal of pp no. 06/94/0050/F for removal of condition 4 of approval 06/92/0988/F relating to use of office on site

    Boundary Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Mar 1995
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0655/F

    Proposed two storey rear extension

    12 White Clover Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8ST

    Received 18 Oct 2017
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0273/F

    Two-storey side extension

    41 Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Mar 2004
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0214/F

    Remove existing lean-to conservatory and build traditional glazed timber orangery on brick plinth

    Ashby Hall Ashby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BZ

    Received 1 Apr 2009
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0427/F

    Extend 1800 mm high fence on boundary by approx 3000 mm to enclose area of shrub border

    5 Cromarty Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 May 1995
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0400/BF

    GIS

    Sycamore Cottage Sycamore Farm West End West Caister

    Received 11 May 1999
  20. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0384/CD

    Discharge of condition 16 of application 06/21/0796/F: (Demolition of school buildings and erection of 5no dwellings - Details of Bird/bat boxes

    Former Edward Worlledge School Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED

    Received 10 May 2024
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0341/TRE

    Proposed works to trees- T1 and T2 - dismantle tree to a low stump, G3 - Conifers x3 - Remove all to low stumps

    Heatherbrae Herringfleet Road St Olaves Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9HJ

    Received 7 Apr 2022
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0531/F

    Garage extn front bathroom extn rear extn to form en-suite 2.2m high screen walls to front & rear boundary

    7 Cliff Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6JY NR31 6JY

    Received 18 Jun 2007
  23. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/15/0385/LB

    New pub signs

    17 Market Place Market Tavern GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1LY

    Received 8 Jun 2015
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/14/0466/A

    Fascia sign and hanging sign to shop front

    19 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LY

    Received 25 Jun 2014

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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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