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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
29,551Searchable applications
225Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,151 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,267 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0923/CU

    Change of use to A2 (financial and professional services) - use as estate agents

    Units 43/44 Victoria Arcade Great Yarmouth NR30 2NU

    Received 6 Oct 2003
  2. Accept Amend Notice06/23/0818/NMA

    Proposed non-material amendment to pp 06/21/0415/F (Development of land adj to Great Yarmouth Port to create an operations and maintenance facility) - Proposed amendment to the approved plans and the type of material to be used in surface water attenuation storage features: to change from approved pre-cast concrete attenuation tanks and culverts, to the proposed rigid PVC attenuation tanks and HDPE plastic pipework culverts

    Land at South of South Denes Road & South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3QF

    Received 6 Nov 2023
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0211/F

    Proposed extension to kitchen

    9 Turner Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9RF

    Received 7 Apr 2010
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0218/A

    GIS

    9 Baker Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Mar 1999
  5. WITHDRAWN06/22/1047/ESN

    Test EIA for 100 dwelligns

    Great Yarmouth Town Hall

    Received 7 Dec 2022
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0709/F

    Proposed demolition of existing buildings to allow redevelopment of 4 no. 2 storey semi-detached houses

    64 High Street Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EH

    Received 13 Nov 2017
  7. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0354/A

    Boards/Banner signs

    85B North Quay (Adjacent to Kwik Fit) Great Yarmouth NR30 1JF

    Received 3 Jun 2013
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1179/F

    New vehicular access to domestic dwelling

    56b Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0DX

    Received 7 Dec 2004
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0269/F

    Glazed staircase extension to south east gable end

    Grampian House Hewett Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NN

    Received 20 Apr 2016
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0117/CU

    Retrospective application for use of land for motorbike track and retention of earth bund

    Church Farm Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9DU

    Received 27 Feb 2012
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0916/F

    Erection of single storey conservatory

    Plot 2 McKenzie Close Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 30 Oct 2006
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0565/F

    Erection of replacement conservatory

    17 The Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4ER

    Received 10 Sept 2010
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0398/F

    Proposed demolition of existing garage and erection of a new wraparound (side and rear) extension

    3 Barton Way Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3SD

    Received 6 May 2021
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0585/F

    Alts and ext to form additional accomm for St Edmunds Res Home & enlarged kitchen to owner's dwelling *

    2/3 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DP

    Received 13 Jul 2000
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0359/F

    Ground floor alterations to form annexe

    Caister House Rectory Close Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EG

    Received 12 Jun 2017
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0715/F

    Improvement work and extension +

    9 Meadowcroft Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Aug 1994
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0775/F

    GIS

    1 Lucerne Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Sept 1999
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0379/F

    Proposed first floor side extension & alterations

    11 Church Walk Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8QQ

    Received 16 Jun 2015
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0245/F

    Extension to form sun lounge

    15 Hebrides Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TX

    Received 31 Mar 2005
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0350/A

    New signage

    The Tramway 1 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 8 Jun 2015
  21. PERMITTED DEV.06/18/0402/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - single storey extension to form a conservatory

    47 Primrose Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RN

    Received 24 Jul 2018
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0265/F

    Ground floor study extension

    Home Farm Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael

    Received 7 Apr 2005
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0682/F

    GIS

    Martham Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth (opposite Bridgecourt)

    Received 13 Aug 1997
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0503/TRE

    Various tree works - removal of no. 9 trees, pollard and crown thin 8no. trees to prevent spread of sooty bark disease and for health and safety; replant 72no. mixed native trees and 216m of under-planting with mixed native hedge plants along northern boundary of plot

    Hobland Kennels And Cattery Hobland Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9AR

    Received 8 Jun 2022

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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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