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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
29,572Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,218 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,334 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/Reasons06/04/0009/F

    Extension to side to form two bedrooms and en-suite

    9 Coronation Avenue Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Jan 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0383/F

    GIS

    J W Munnings Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 May 1997
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0811/PDE

    Prior approval - Notification of larger home extension - single storey rear extension 6.4m x 6.2m

    12 Waveney Drive Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9JU

    Received 11 Sept 2021
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0117/F

    GIS

    47 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Feb 1997
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0896/CU

    Change use part of additional land from agricultural to residential use ancillary to the curtilage of High House

    High House, Lound Road Browston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 18 Nov 2005
  6. REFUSED (Appealed)06/94/0161/BF

    Remove poorly built old

    Breydon Bungalow Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Feb 1994
  7. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/14/0301/F

    Change of use of guest house with owners accommodation to 4 no.additional dwelling units

    104 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AR

    Received 16 Apr 2014
  8. EST/LAW USE REF06/11/0414/EU

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as residential

    46/47 North Quay (Rear of) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1JE

    Received 29 Jun 2011
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0695/F

    Removal of condition 2 of Planning Permission 06/02/1039/F to allow casino to additionally operate between 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM

    Grosvenor Casino Shadingfield Lodge Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3JG

    Received 19 Nov 2012
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0367/F

    Installation of sky light on rear roof - obscured glass - retrospective application

    58 Fremantle Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4AT

    Received 5 May 2016
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0173/F

    Internal alterations to provide office accommodation at first floor

    Marine House Applied Acoustic Engineering Marine Park Gapton Hall Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NL

    Received 24 Feb 2004
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0410/BF

    Retrospective application for replacement dwelling

    21 Riverside Sukie Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 May 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0522/F

    Conservatory *

    7 Zephyr Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TH

    Received 27 Jun 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0636/F

    Extensions to side and rear of dwelling

    3a Balmoral Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 4DZ

    Received 6 Jul 2004
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0534/F

    Proposed front side and rear extensions and first floor to existing bungalow

    Pommiers Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS

    Received 3 Sept 2013
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0353/F

    3500sqft internal mezzanine floor

    Paul Simon Thamesfield Way Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Apr 2004
  17. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/98/0615/BD

    GIS

    Thurnefield Staithe Road Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jul 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0272/F

    Demolish sub-standard timber two-storey extension and erect new two-storey extension

    33 Blackwall Reach Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RU

    Received 5 May 2010
  19. APPROVED BY NCC06/95/0314/SU

    Single storey extension to provide CDT classroom

    Cliff Park Middle School Orde Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Apr 1995
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1107/F

    New shop front/two-storey extension and refurbishment to existing menswear shop

    116/117 Regent Road Greenwoods Menswear Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Nov 2004
  21. NO OBJECTION06/26/0088/TCA

    Works to trees in a Conservation Area: T1 (Conifer) - Reduce height by 50% to natural step in canopy; T2 (Alder) - Remove straight regrowth back to old growth; T3 (Apple) - Remove water shoots; T4 (Conifer) - Fell to a low stump; T5 (Laurel) - Reduce height of and cut back to a shaped matrix to 6ft height; T6 (Holly) - Reduce branches overhanging neighbour, taking these back to the main stem.

    12 Pier Plain Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PE

    Received 9 Feb 2026
  22. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/16/0373/LB

    Installation of 2 no.replacement heating boiler to boiler room with 2 no.new flues through the roof of this area

    Greyfriars House Greyfriars Way GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2QE

    Received 13 May 2016
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0964/F

    Conversion of building to visitors centre

    Scroby Sand Visitors Centre Great Yarmouth (north of Britannia Pier)

    Received 14 Oct 2003
  24. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/26/0350/PAD

    Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for the proposed installation of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic panels and equipment on the roof of the JPUH Education and Training Centre building.

    Education and Training Centre Building James Paget University Hospital Lowestoft Road Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 28 Apr 2026

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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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