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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. NO OBJECTION06/99/0537/F

    GIS

    Caister Waste Water Treat Work Pump Lane West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jun 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0464/F

    Renewal of pp 06/01/0249/F for a temporary mobile building for the use of toilet, cleaning and shower facilities

    The Courtyard Glebe Farm Thurne Road Oby

    Received 23 May 2006
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0191/CU

    Retrospective application for change of use from golf course car park to caravan sales and display area

    Sundowner Holiday Park Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Mar 2011
  4. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/26/0535/PDE

    Application for Prior Approval for a larger home extension: Erection of a flat roof orangery rear extension with glazed lantern (5.00m long and 3.20m tall).

    46 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SY

    Received 30 Jun 2026
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0677/F

    Two storey rear extension to form kitchen/dining area & bedroom; entrance vestibule to front; alterations to bathroom & replacement garage

    45 Westerley Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AJ

    Received 22 Oct 2009
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0920/F

    Extension to form conservatory *

    10 Downing Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7AP

    Received 26 Nov 2001
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0978/O

    GIS

    The Firs Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Dec 1999
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0192/NMA

    Non-material amendment of PP: 06/17/0589/F - Reduction of roof pitch and overall height. Concrete dark grey pantiles to the roof, brick detailing to gables replacing UPVC barge boards and concrete sills in stone colour replacing metal sills

    Tollgate Court GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JU

    Received 1 Apr 2019
  9. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/25/0435/TEL

    Proposed installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus - 3 x new 9m light pole

    Nova Scotia Farm (Land at) Jack Chase Way Caister-on-Sea

    Received 5 Jun 2025
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0693/F

    Construction above single storey back addition forming larger bedroom

    12 Cement Cottages Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QD

    Received 12 Dec 2018
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0295/F

    Proposed minor extension to main entrance and re-roofing all flat roofs with pitched roofs to match main bungalow

    38 Meadow Rise Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4HB

    Received 7 Apr 2008
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0788/CU

    Retrospective application for conversion of former Fish Shop and living accommodation to two self-contained flats and one bed-sit

    64 Rodney Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2LJ

    Received 22 Dec 2009
  13. APPROVE06/12/0142/CD

    Discharge condition 2 of Planning Permission 06/11/0205/F for residential development in respect of materials

    Bermondsey Place West (Land off) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DD

    Received 19 Mar 2012
  14. NO OBJECTION06/09/0714/SU

    Proposed demolition of existing gardeners store & construction of special needs classroom facility

    Broadlands Centre Shrublands Youth & Community Centre Magdalen Way, Gorleston Great Yarmouth, NR31 7BP

    Received 4 Nov 2009
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0217/F

    GIS

    76-77 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Mar 1998
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0166/F

    Exterior access to loft for storage use

    10 King George Close Kootenay Cottage Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HB

    Received 15 Mar 2018
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0517/F

    Ground floor extension to enlarge kitchen *

    52 Trafalgar Road East Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jun 2003
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0527/F

    Erection of farm storage building to replace existing on existing foundations *

    White House Farm Back Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DR

    Received 9 Jul 2001
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0227/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/09/0066/CU for indoor kart racing circuit for a period of five years

    Great Yarmouth Indoor Karting Fenner Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PS

    Received 18 Apr 2012
  20. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/18/0719/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3 and 17 of Planning Permission 06/17/0225/F and 06/18/0638/F - Construction of three number buildings to create 22 No. one and two bedroom flats with parking and amenity areas

    Dock Tavern Lane (Land off) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 11 Dec 2018
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0230/F

    Proposed temporary building for use as an open plan office

    Scantech House Morton Peto Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LT NR31 0LT

    Received 4 Apr 2016
  22. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0259/F

    Locating steel storage containers and forming enclosure on forecourt

    133 South Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LJ

    Received 3 May 2018
  23. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/15/0784/CD

    16 no. static holiday caravans with associated parking, internal roads and play area - discharge condition 3 re: PP 06/15/0448/F

    Sundowner Holiday Park Newport Road Hemsby Norfolk NR29 4NW

    Received 10 Dec 2015
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0766/F

    GIS

    Poultry Farm Market Lane Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JF

    Received 22 Sept 1997

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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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