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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 · 23,266 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,382 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/Reasons06/98/0850/CU

    GIS

    Beach - north of Jetty Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Oct 1998
  2. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0449/BF

    Single storey rear conservatory

    Thurne Cottage The Staithe Thurne Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Jun 2005
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0557/A

    Two poster panels forming integral part of bus shelter *

    Caister Road Great Yarmouth (approx 60m north of & opp Jellicoe Road)

    Received 6 Jul 2000
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0385/F

    Use for the sale and fitting tyres, exhausts, batteries, brakes and servicing of motor vehicles *

    5 Macfarlane Court Morton Peto Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0LT

    Received 16 May 2001
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0045/F

    Variation of condition 2 of Planning Permission 06/17/0589/F - to allow a window to the first floor ensuites of plots 1 and 3

    Tollgate Court GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JU

    Received 21 Jan 2019
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0248/F

    Two extractor ducts to rear elevation for extract from kitchen canopies

    Wrights Restaurant 24 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 16 Apr 2009
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0411/F

    Renewal of planning application 06/14/0443/F for retention of existing three porta-cabins and shipping containers

    Shuttleworth Close Outreach Offshore Ltd Gapton Hall Industrial Estate GREAT YAMOUTH NR31 0NQ

    Received 17 Jul 2019
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0797/SU

    Demolition of upper storey maisonettes and provision of pitched roofs and environmental improvements

    18/28 (evens) George Street/ 33/59 (odds) St Francis Way/ 9/15 (odds) Howard Street North Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Oct 2001
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1042/F

    Two detached houses and detached garages

    99/101 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Nov 2003
  10. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0520/F

    Extension to provide four additional rooms with integral shower rooms

    Church Farm Residential Care Home Church Farm Crescent Yarmouth Road, Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 13 Jun 2007
  11. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/06/0567/D

    Residential development of thirteen houses

    58 - 72 Pier Plain Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 Jun 2006
  12. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0152/PDE

    All glass conservatory with polycarbonate roof

    31 Lynn Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AW

    Received 6 Mar 2014
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0452/F

    Proposed single storey side extension

    8 Lime Way Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8LL NR31 8LL

    Received 20 Jul 2017
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0067/F

    Rear garden room extension

    97 Covent Garden Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5WA NR30 5WA

    Received 23 Jan 2007
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0713/F

    Erection of detached cycle store

    Clippesby Hall Hall Road Clippesby Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BL

    Received 27 Oct 2016
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/00/0029/O

    New dwelling and garage

    Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jan 2000
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0313/F

    Removal of condition no 4 of planning permission no N10783/1 (agricultural occupancy condition)

    Oaktree Farm Doles Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Apr 2005
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0611/F

    Two-storey extension to rear *

    Flint Cottage Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jun 2003
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0686/F

    Installation of a single-storey modular office building with associated parking and bin storage.

    Pertwee And Back Limited Gapton Hall Road Bradwell NR31 0NJ

    Received 15 Aug 2025
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0631/CU

    Proposed change of use from tea room self contained one bedroom holiday accomodation

    Buttonwick Mautby Lane Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3EJ

    Received 11 Nov 2019
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0226/BF

    GIS

    Woodlands Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Mar 1999
  22. WITHDRAWN06/07/0587/F

    Shed each end

    241 The Marrams Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29

    Received 4 Jul 2007
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0336/F

    Detached garage and car port

    217 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Apr 2005
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0112/HH

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    21 Youell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HT

    Received 6 Feb 2023

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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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