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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
29,554Searchable applications
224Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,203 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,319 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 24 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/12/0168/F

    Proposed detached house. Revisions and resubmission of approved dwelling under application no. 06/11/0488/F

    Cromer Road (Site adjacent 5) Ormesby St Margaret Gt Yarmouth NR29 3RA

    Received 12 Mar 2012
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0602/HH

    Single storey side and front extensions.

    2 Broom Gardens Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9PB

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0091/F

    Conversion of and extension of disused property to create Gorleston Community Heritage Centre with tearoom

    51 Church Road Ivy Lodge Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6NJ

    Received 19 Feb 2019
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0165/F

    Extensions to form two en-suite bathrooms and sun room and internal alterations *

    30 Kennel Loke Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Mar 2000
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0651/HH

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    37 Caraway Drive Bradwell NR31 8TS

    Received 12 Aug 2024
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1177/F

    Renewal of planning permission no 06/98/0817/F for two-storey office block and construction of car park (complex)

    Edison Way Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Dec 2003
  7. WITHDRAWN06/20/0208/F

    Erection of single storey garden room for use as a hair salon

    17 Pinecot Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8QB

    Received 11 May 2020
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0185/F

    Renewal of PP 06/08/0167/F for continued use as storage area and erection of razor wire topping to perimeter fencing

    Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB

    Received 26 Mar 2010
  9. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/00/0395/O

    Detached 2-storey dwelling on frontage to Firs Ave. and two bungalows to rear with access via private drive +

    1 Firs Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth (vacant garden land adjoining)

    Received 17 May 2000
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0232/F

    Garage *

    4 Hill Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR36 6HP

    Received 21 Mar 2001
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0130/F

    Conversion and extension of existing agricultural barns to 3 no residential dwellings

    Barns at Low Farm Somerton Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AW

    Received 5 Mar 2013
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0677/F

    Replacement conservatory.

    4 Sidney Close Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 2 Sept 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0075/O

    Erection of 3 bedroom bungalow

    3 Nightingale Close Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NR

    Received 25 Jan 2016
  14. WITHDRAWN06/21/0025/TRE

    Crown reduction on some of the trees (3no. poplars)

    Chalet 11 Seadell Holiday Estate Beach Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HS

    Received 27 Jan 2021
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0542/F

    Kitchen extension on front elevation

    31 Seafield Road North Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LG

    Received 14 Aug 2009
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0735/BU

    GIS

    Land at os 5018 Main Road Billockby Great Yarmouth (Fleggburgh Parish)

    Received 2 Sept 1999
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0021/F

    Erection of a balcony at front of property

    5 River Quays Riverside Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6QR

    Received 16 Jan 2017
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0666/F

    Remove cond 4 of 06/94/1033/F to allow barriers to be closed at night with limited access by tenants & delivery vehicles

    Shopping Centre High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Aug 1995
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0471/F

    GIS

    21 Gatacre Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jun 1996
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0225/CU

    Change of use to public house (Class A4 of Town and Country Planning Use Classes Order 2005)

    Hotshotz rear of 22/23 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 2 Mar 2007
  21. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/18/0227/CD

    Construction of 2 no. detached chalet bungalows - Discharge of conditions 3, 4 and 5 re: PP 06/18/0036/F

    49 Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PS

    Received 19 Apr 2018
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0277/F

    Conversion of existing double detached garage to granny annexe accommodation

    22 Station Road Manor Cottage Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH

    Received 9 May 2018
  23. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/06/0210/A

    Shop sign

    1 Rose Cottage Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3LW

    Received 27 Feb 2006
  24. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/23/0278/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1 x 9m wooden telephone pole for fixed line Broadband

    Adj Falkland Surgery Falkland Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RW

    Received 3 Apr 2023

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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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