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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20,378 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/03/0425/F

    Conversion to form seventeen self-cont flats & construction of terrace of eight three- and four-bedroomed houses

    Former Art College Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 May 2003
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0908/SU

    Siting of public information/ broadcasting screen 6.72m wide x 2.4m high on a column 4m high

    Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (The Esplanade Walk adjacent to Anchor Gardens) NR30 3AH

    Received 30 Sept 2003
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0379/F

    Single storey side extension and alterations to existing garage

    55 Cess Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4RQ

    Received 21 Jun 2017
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0045/A

    Two fascia signs, one high level sign, one projecting sign

    90/92 South Market Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2BQ

    Received 15 Jan 2008
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0591/F

    Conversion of warehouse to 1 bed flat

    3 Saxon Road (rear of) Great Yarmouth NR30 2HX

    Received 23 Sept 2013
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0636/F

    Proposed first floor side roof extension to north elevation

    Rivendell The Holway Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BW

    Received 20 Jul 2021
  7. LIST.BLD.APP06/01/0052/LB

    Alterations to ground floor office and reception areas

    Greyfriars House Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth NR30 2QE

    Received 24 Jan 2001
  8. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0159/A

    Shop sign *

    72 North Quay Manorfield Cars Ltd Great Yarmouth NR30 1JG

    Received 29 Feb 2000
  9. LIST.BLD.APP06/07/0919/LB

    Create a second entrance with new external gates and new corridor & fire doors internally

    Greyfriars House Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QE NR30 1QE

    Received 23 Oct 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0616/F

    Proposed 2 storey side extension

    11 Oxnead Drive Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5PZ

    Received 24 Oct 2018
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0446/F

    Proposed detached house and det.garage & detached chalet bungalow with integral garage rear of 24 Station Road North

    24 Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NQ

    Received 4 Jun 2008
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0329/F

    White upvc Victorian conservatory with 600mm high brick dwarf wall *

    33 Lark Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SB

    Received 27 Apr 2001
  13. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/09/0185/LB

    Conversion of dis-used store at rear of 11 Broad Row into one residential dwelling

    11 Broad Row (Rear of) Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 17 Mar 2009
  14. EST/LAW USE REF06/26/0125/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Existing Development for a single-storey garden room incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse

    Farewell Hales Stepshort Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9JS

    Received 25 Feb 2026
  15. PERMITTED DEV.06/18/0006/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - single storey flat roof rear extension

    66 Bradwell Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HE

    Received 8 Jan 2018
  16. NO OBJECTION06/26/0163/TCA

    Works to tree in a conservation area - Sycamore (T1) - Fell, due to being left with poor structure from previous pruning and causing overshading.

    Ivy Cottage 10 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR293QE

    Received 9 Mar 2026
  17. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/07/0773/F

    Proposed alterations and roof lift to form two residential apartments

    1 Ridgeway Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 5PL

    Received 30 Aug 2007
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0118/F

    Retrospective application for solar panels

    41 Cliff Hill Dene House Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DG

    Received 24 Feb 2011
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0355/F

    Variation of conditions 2, 5 & 7 of planning permission 06/13/0637/F - pair of semi-detached houses - to improve vehicular access

    21 Colomb Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BT

    Received 7 Jun 2017
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0181/F

    Proposed double garage ancillary to the existing dwelling

    High House Lound Road Browston Green, Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DS

    Received 11 Mar 2016
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0809/F

    Siting of portacabin 5m x 3m for office and reception use for a period of 3 years *

    Unit 11 Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Oct 2001
  22. NO OBJECTION06/26/0608/TEL

    Notification of proposal to install a 9m light wooden pole as fixed line broadband apparatus on land within the south east corner of the Recreation Ground.

    Land within Beaconsfield Recreation Ground (north of 14-15 Sandown Road (Arona Hotel)) (west of 19-20 North Drive (Furzedown Hotel)) Great Yarmouth NR30 1EY

    Received 27 Jul 2026
  23. WITHDRAWN06/10/0548/F

    Proposed rear ground floor extension to restaurant and kitchen. Provision of new toilets. New shop front

    Bangla Nites Restaurant 12 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LY

    Received 1 Sept 2010
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0006/F

    Double garage *

    21 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jan 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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