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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 · 23,231 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,347 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/99/0558/F

    GIS

    5 Crosstead Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jul 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0303/F

    Changing flat roofs to lightweight pitched roofs to 3 no. blocks of flats. No's 1 - 6, 7 - 18 & 19 - 30 Hanover Gardens

    Hanover Gardens Cliff Park Estate Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TT

    Received 22 May 2013
  3. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/1054/CD

    Discharge of Condition 3 of pp. 06/25/0728/F (Enhancement of existing outdoor recreation and seating area.) - Details of Surface Water Drainage Scheme.

    Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  4. Not proceeded with06/25/0743/F

    Installation of a 184-panel ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar array.

    Caister Castle Castle Lane West Caister NR30 5SN

    Received 10 Sept 2025
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1083/F

    Conservatory to west elevation *

    22 Laburnum Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Dec 2002
  6. EST/LAW USE CER.06/11/0491/EU

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of 210 solar panels

    Armultra House Hewett Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0RB NR31 0RB

    Received 21 Jul 2011
  7. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/20/0662/TCA

    T1 - Willow - reduce the left side dominant limb back to a growing point 3ft from the main stem to reduce the loading going over the neighbours and chicken pen and create a more upright tree T2 - Birch - Reduce by 30% to shape and try stimulate rejuvenation

    15 Marine Parade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DX

    Received 21 Dec 2020
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0761/F

    Conversion of existing dwelling to form 4 no maisonettes and construction of a detached house

    18 Lancaster Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2NN

    Received 7 Dec 2017
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0583/CU

    Change of use from offices to day nursery

    Unit 15 Wellington Park Excalibur Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7BB

    Received 12 Oct 2018
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0232/O

    Erection of dwelling adj 35 John Road +

    35 John Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Mar 2003
  11. REFUSED06/22/0131/NMA

    Non-material amendment for pp. 06/19/0278/F - detached garage and entrance porch - Creation of playroom with ancillary facilities on first floor of garage; insertion of 2 no. dormer windows to east elevation and 1 no. roof window to rear (west) elevation.

    1 Heath Farm Cottages Heath Road Asby with Oby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HN

    Received 22 Feb 2022
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0013/HH

    Proposed front extension to form entrance porch

    33 Hertford Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7JY

    Received 10 Jan 2023
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0775/F

    Demolition of first floor section, replace with flat roof & elevational alterations

    Pertwee and Back Southgates Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Sept 1995
  14. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0183/F

    Erection of single storey extn to existing store with associated parking floor area of extn not exceeding 120 sq m

    Asda Great Yarmouth Acle New Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth NR30 7SF

    Received 4 Mar 2008
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/00/0470/F

    First floor extension, garage and utility room extension +

    Shellane Old Chapel Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jun 2000
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0544/F

    Proposed rear and side single storey extension

    3 Sparrow Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SG

    Received 21 Sept 2018
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0206/F

    Single storey rear extension.

    55 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SH

    Received 19 Mar 2026
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1069/F

    Demolition of existing dwelling & erection of new dwelling and garage

    33 Long Beach Estate Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 21 Dec 2006
  19. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/98/0187/LB

    GIS

    26 South Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Mar 1998
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0993/F

    Prefabricated centre managers office at rear of existing retail warehouse park

    Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0NL

    Received 5 Dec 1997
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0683/F

    Demolition of a sub-standard workshop to be replaced with BBQ and workshop area and garage re-roofed

    33 Busseys Loke Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HG

    Received 13 Oct 2016
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0242/F

    Shower room extension to side and rear conservatory *

    Windermere Back Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Mar 2001
  23. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/24/0921/LB

    Internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion of 4no. 1-bedroom flats into 2no. 1-bedroom flats and alterations to fenestration

    13 Camperdown Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB

    Received 26 Nov 2024
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0086/A

    Poster display max 2m x 1m double sided, attached to existing sign uprights

    Caister Road (Pitch & Putt Course) Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 24 Jan 2006

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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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