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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 · 23,253 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,369 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0616/F
Ground floor front and first floor extensions and detached single garage
Glenross Church Lane Clippesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BL
Received 1 Nov 2019
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0732/F
Detached house, driveway and garage
1 Rosedale Gardens new dwelling (adjacent) Belton Great Yarmouth, NR31 9PL
Received 13 Aug 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/1027/F
GIS
Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Dec 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0363/F
Kitchen extension to side
17 Fritton Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SF
Received 21 Apr 2004
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0795/F
Proposed demolition of annex and garage, and sub-division of existing front garden and erection of 1no. bungalow on land west of the existing dwelling
Land at 1 Garfield Villa Garfield Terrace Caister on Sea NR30 5DG
Received 29 Sept 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0723/F
Conversion and extension of existing detached garage to form a one bedroom bungalow
3 Tern Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NX
Received 21 Nov 2017
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/08/0763/CU
Change of use from A1 shop to A5 take-away
204 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1DB
Received 14 Oct 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0619/HH
Proposed erection of single storey extension
Church Cottage Black Street Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AP
Received 7 Jul 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0634/F
Demolition of garage and rear conservatory. Erection of front and rear extension
23 Norwich Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JP
Received 15 Sept 2016
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0628/LB
GIS
4/5 Hall Quay Quay House Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Aug 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1195/F
First floor store and new roof to garage
154 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Dec 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0718/F
Renewal of planning permission 06/10/0793/F for chalet bungalow and garage
Achever Lodge (Land at) Penguin Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NU
Received 29 Nov 2013
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/22/0197/O
Outline application (with full details of access only) for the demolition of an existing barn and the construction of a new dwelling and new vehicular access/highway improvements.
Mill Barn Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QQ
Received 28 Feb 2022
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0314/F
Proposed loft conversion/ extension
62 Bradwell Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Apr 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0782/O
GIS
19 Rollesby Road (land at) Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Oct 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0925/F
GIS
40 Battery Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NN
Received 13 Nov 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0830/F
White upvc 3800 x 4000 conservatory (dwarf wall bricks to match existing) *
The Bungalow Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AB
Received 19 Sept 2002
WITHDRAWN06/00/0556/A
Two poster panels forming integral part of bus shelter *
109 Caister Road (outside) Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Jul 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0139/F
Extension to existing barn
Carr Farm Decoy Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LG
Received 17 Feb 2021
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0428/CU
GIS
6/9 Sandown Road Birklands Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 1EZ
Received 21 May 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0149/CU
Change of use from guest house to private dwelling
17 Nelson Road North Lynton Guest House Great Yarmouth NR30 2AT
Received 19 Feb 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1082/F
Dwelling and external works *
100a/100b Wolseley Road Southtown Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Dec 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/1001/F
GIS
Oilfield Testing Services Viking Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Dec 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0257/CD
Discharge of conditions 4, 6, 7 and 9 of pp. 06/18/0071/F - Off site highway improvement works
Land Adjoining to the East Jones (Gc) Way Pasteur Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0DW
Received 1 Apr 2021

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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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