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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 · 23,270 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,386 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0714/F

    First floor bedroom extension and conservatory *

    41 Mariners Compass Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TS

    Received 8 Aug 2002
  2. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0540/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - Single storey flat roof extension

    28 Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QG

    Received 1 Sept 2014
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0497/O

    Three three-bedroomed bungalows and associated garages +

    Bickley House (adjoining) Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 May 2002
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0820/F

    Erection of two x 2 1/2 storey, 2 bedroom, semi-detached houses with integral garages.

    1 Dagmar Mews (car park adjoining) off Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 22 Sept 2006
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0956/F

    Two-storey extension and garage

    43 Thoroughfare Lane (Gatehouse) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Nov 1995
  6. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/00/0841/O

    Detached dwelling

    Oak Farm Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Oct 2000
  7. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0185/PDC

    Details of prior approval - Change of use from B1 office studio to class C3 residential apartment

    Studio 4 The Courtyard Main Cross Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NZ

    Received 20 Mar 2014
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0294/F

    Proposed Front Extension

    34 Laburnum Close Bradwell NR31 8JB

    Received 26 Jun 2020
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0265/BF

    First floor extension *

    Holly Cottage Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Mar 2001
  10. ADV. CONSENT06/97/0702/A

    GIS

    Leicester Road Garage and wall of Arcadian Snooker Club Leicester Road, Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Aug 1997
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0077/F

    GIS

    Great Yarmouth Business Park off Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jan 1999
  12. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/11/0172/A

    Fascia board and totem pole signs

    137 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PR

    Received 23 Mar 2011
  13. NO OBJECTION06/06/0890/M

    Recover two KX100 style kiosks & resite one at a new location approximately nine metres away

    Marine Parade (North of Information Bureau) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 17 Oct 2006
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0041/F

    Single storey extension to form study *

    14 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HJ

    Received 18 Jan 2002
  15. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/24/0026/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1no. light wooden pole for fixed broadband

    Russell Avenue Magdalen Estate Gorleston NR31 7QZ

    Received 12 Jan 2024
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0565/F

    Garage with pitched roof to rear, new vehicular access to front

    37 Shrublands Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8DU

    Received 25 Aug 2009
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0511/F

    Proposed erection of porch

    7 Misburgh Way Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9RU

    Received 9 Jul 2008
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0772/CU

    GIS

    72 St Nicholas Road (rear of) Great Yarmouth NR30 1NP

    Received 23 Sept 1997
  19. WITHDRAWN06/25/0356/F

    Retrospective planning permission for the ground floor to be used as 2no. self-contained residential flats and conversion of first and second floors from 6no. holiday flats to 4no. self-contained residential flats.

    53 Clarence Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DR

    Received 7 May 2025
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0297/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    12 Sycamore Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8NE

    Received 8 Apr 2021
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1076/F

    Proposed extension of a Pool Plant Room

    Caister Holiday Centre Ormesby Road Caister-on-sea NR30 5NQ

    Received 14 Dec 2022
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0495/F

    Porch/cloakroom

    27 Sparrow Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SG

    Received 1 Jun 2004
  23. Accept Amend Notice06/22/0583/NMA

    Proposed non material amendment to PP 06/22/0039/HH - Addition of side window to kitchen to allow additional light

    5 Kent Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LX

    Received 30 Jun 2022
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0268/F

    Proposed replacement of windows to the rear white pvc units and to the front elevation secondary glazing installed

    60-65 Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2HL

    Received 21 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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