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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 · 23,249 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,365 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0485/BF

    GIS

    2 Orchard Broad House Silver Street Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Jun 1998
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0101/F

    Single storey side extension to form en-suite wet room including WC for disabled person

    101 Blackbird Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RT NR31 8RT

    Received 16 Feb 2016
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0589/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/08/0879/F for use as a maize maze

    Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NL

    Received 14 Aug 2014
  4. Accept Amend Notice06/25/0539/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment for Conditions 35, 36, and 37 of pp 06/19/0676/O (Outline application for up to 665 dwellings) - Proposed changes to timing of off-site highways works

    Land at Nova Scotia Farm West of Jack Chase Way Caister-on-Sea

    Received 7 Jul 2025
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0945/O

    Five dwellings with garages from a private drive taking access from Foster Close

    Land off Foster Close Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 8 Dec 2005
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0053/F

    Single storey extension to existing car showroom including forming new parapets, over-cladding existing masonry, repainting the existing cladding and associated ground works around new extension

    Sidegate Motors Gapton Hall Road (Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jan 2011
  7. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/1063/A

    Sign

    Gapton Hall Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 5 Dec 2007
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0174/F

    New garage with exercise room over and conservatory

    79a Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Mar 2005
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0274/F

    Two residential dwellings with integral garages

    Land rear of 62 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3AJ

    Received 27 Apr 2009
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0506/F

    GIS

    Lichfield Road Post Office Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Jun 1998
  11. REFUSED06/26/0461/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment of pp 06/25/0783/HH (Erection of a single storey rear and front/side extension) - Amendments to approved plans to: Remove a side window; Alter the internal layout including moving the entrance; Increase the garage size.

    54 Youell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HR

    Received 10 Jun 2026
  12. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/20/0425/A

    Proposed illuminated visual fascia sign to front

    13/15 North Drive Imperial Hotel GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1EQ

    Received 4 Aug 2020
  13. PERMITTED DEV.06/07/0042/F

    Single detached garage

    New Bungalow Filby Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3DG NR29 3DG

    Received 12 Jan 2007
  14. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/01/0756/LB

    Alterations to building for conversion to 17 residential units

    1/3 South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH

    Received 1 Oct 2001
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0156/F

    Detached chalet bungalow with integral garage

    6 The Pastures (Land adjacent) Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, NR31 8BB

    Received 9 Mar 2014
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0172/CU

    Change use of amenity land to form extension to existing garden & enclosure by 1.8m fence

    2 Cotman Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9RE

    Received 14 Mar 2009
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0869/CU

    GIS

    Methodist Church Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Nov 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0709/F

    Proposed raising of first floor eaves for roof conversion with balcony to front and side elevations

    1A Cliff Hill Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DH

    Received 16 Aug 2021
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0392/F

    Dwelling and garage

    Oaklands House (adjacent) Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 May 1995
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0399/F

    Replacement garage/car shelter

    The Old Farmhouse Back Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Apr 2007
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0084/TRE

    Proposed works to a protected tree (Tree Preservation Order ref: TPO No.3 1979) - T1: Oak - reduce canopy to suitable secondary growing points by 1-3m maximum, most notably on the west facing side of the tree.

    6 Turner Close Bradwell NR31 9RF

    Received 3 Feb 2025
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1062/F

    Detached house and garage

    Plot 9 Carrel Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Nov 2004
  23. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/99/0366/D

    GIS

    Plot 2 Tower Road Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Apr 1999
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0568/A

    Two poster panels forming integral part of bus shelter *

    North Drive Great Yarmouth (opposite Barnard Avenue)

    Received 6 Jul 2000

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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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