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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

240Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,262 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,378 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 28 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/99/0816/F
GIS
34 Avondale Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DW
Received 4 Oct 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0597/CU
Change of use from office to one-bedroomed flat
125 South Quay Great Yarmouth (First Floor) NR30 3LD
Received 7 Jul 1994
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/01/0448/F
Demolition of dwelling and erection of new bungalow with room in roofspace +
32 Damgate Lane Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Jun 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0184/F
Demolition of garage and store. Erection of two storey & single storey rear extension and single storey side extension
39 Selwyn Drive Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9LP
Received 26 Mar 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0772/HH
Erection of single storey outbuilding in rear garden
18 Claydon Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AT
Received 2 Oct 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0177/F
Change of use of games room and staff quarters to 3 bedroom holiday cottage
Lower Wood Farm Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JQ
Received 24 Mar 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0337/F
Single storey extension to the side of the dwelling & conversion of garage to form annexe for disabled person
14 Barnard Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7RN
Received 22 May 2009
EST/LAW USE REF Conditions/Reasons06/15/0433/EU
Certificate of proposed lawful development for rear dormer
2 Yew Tree Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH5 NR31 8NZ
Received 16 Jul 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0780/SU
Change of use to B1 (business) and B8 (storage and distribution)
Pasteur Road Southtown Great Yarmouth (former Midcontinent premises)
Received 12 Sept 1994
DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/04/0915/M
Relocation of cattle building
Hall Farm Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JB
Received 21 Sept 2004
REFUSED06/24/0077/NMA
Proposed non-material amendment of pp 06/22/0774/HH (Demolition of existing conservatory and chimney stack and erection of single storey rear extension) - Amendment to change from flat roof to a monopitch roof
22 Wapping Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JY
Received 30 Jan 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0568/F
New fire escape - Flat 2
Flat 2 Dexlyn Court 8-9 Norfolk Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1Ee
Received 18 Sept 2012
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0061/CU
Change of use guest house to four flats
76 Walpole Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4NG
Received 22 Jan 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0836/SU
Installation of central heating oil tanks
St Margarets Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth (Nos 29/61/63/65/67/71)
Received 31 Aug 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0069/F
Erection of 2.4metre high fencing inside existing fence.*
St Augustines Place Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jan 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0370/F
Proposed indoor shooting range facility
Indoor Shooting Range Potters Leisure Resort Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BX
Received 4 Jun 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0600/F
GIS
Vanguard Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Aug 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0617/F
Single storey bathroom extension *
2 St Christopher Close Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LQ
Received 27 Jun 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0020/F
Proposed single storey rear extension. Revised submission with the addition of a side window.
10 Winterton Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HH
Received 9 Jan 2013
NO OBJECTION06/13/0552/SU
Extension to reception area and 2 No: canopies adjacent to car parking area
Caister High School Windsor Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5LS
Received 11 Oct 2013
CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0565/CD
Proposed discharge of condition 3 of pp 06/21/0016/F - Biodiversity enhancement plan
9 Collis Lane East Somerton Somerton NR29 4DT
Received 24 Jun 2022
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/18/0136/A
Proposed fascia and projecting sign
27 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LY
Received 28 Feb 2018
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/07/0436/D
Erection of three bedroom bungalow and garage
52 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3 AJ NR29 3AJ
Received 11 May 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0229/F
Extension to existing members car park
Gorleston Golf Club 21 Warren Road Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JT
Received 6 Apr 2017

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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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