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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 · 23,280 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,396 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/00/0166/F

    New building to provide toilet facilities *

    Rollesby Bowls Club Fleggburgh Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Mar 2000
  2. APPROVED BY NCC06/03/1101/SU

    Exts to school; enlargement of hall; provision of new admin areas; enlarge car park; alts to hard play areas

    Ormesby Middle School North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LA

    Received 27 Nov 2003
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0668/A

    GIS

    Beccles Road/Common Road Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Aug 1999
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0421/O

    New detached rectory with double garage

    The Rectory Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 May 1995
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0510/F

    Replace existing garage

    Adjacent to The Doghouse Old Chapel Road Winterton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jun 2007
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0349/F

    Erect PVCu conservatory to rear of property

    13 Potters Drive Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9RW

    Received 27 May 2009
  7. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/26/0276/A

    Proposed double sided illuminated projecting sign

    12 North Drive (Imperial Lodge) Great Yarmouth NR30 1EG

    Received 10 Apr 2026
  8. APPROVE06/99/0089/F

    GIS

    15 Busseys Loke Lokegates Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HG

    Received 2 Feb 1999
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0986/HH

    Single storey west side extension; Single storey rear extension; Addition of pitched roof to existing garage; Extended front porch canopy; Installation of external cladding.

    7 Yallop Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HA

    Received 17 Nov 2025
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0938/F

    Two storey extension to end elevation

    6 Blake Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9GW

    Received 30 Oct 2007
  11. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0758/CD

    Proposed discharge of condition 6 of pp 06/16/0518/O - Cotswold Archaeology - Written scheme of investigation

    Main Road (off) Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3AA

    Received 30 Aug 2022
  12. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/12/0049/F

    Proposed change of use of part of double garage to pharmacy unit (class A1)

    The Laurels Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jan 2012
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0596/F

    GIS

    1 Hurrell Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jul 1999
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1097/F

    Proposed installation of a permanent external gym consisting of 12 no. items of equipment

    Lynn Grove V.A. High School Lynn Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP

    Received 22 Dec 2022
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0565/F

    Proposed two storey side, front & rear extensions

    Helmsdale St Johns Road Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9JT

    Received 29 Jun 2021
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0191/F

    Front porch *

    5 Onslow Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 4DT

    Received 27 Feb 2002
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0508/F

    Change of use from medical centre to retail on ground floor and offices on upper floors

    4 Greyfriars Way The Ship Resources Centre GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2QE

    Received 3 Sept 2018
  18. Undecided06/26/0137/VCF

    Retrospective application to vary Condition 2 of pp 06/21/0107/F (Redevelopment of site to include 2 pairs of 4-bedroom houses and 1 pair of 3-bedroom houses; Conversion of main building into 2no. flats and 2no. shops) - Amendments to approved plans, external materials and fenestration arrangements at the former police station building.

    53 High Street (former Caister Police Station) Caister NR30 5AD

    Received 2 Mar 2026
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0030/F

    Alterations and extensions to form separate dwelling and erection of garage *

    79 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jan 2001
  20. LIST.BLD.REFUSE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/03/0759/LB

    Convert main block to form seventeen self-contained flats.

    Former Art College Nelson Road Central/Trafalgar Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Aug 2003
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0205/F

    Proposed extension and conversion of garage to form photographic studio for private use

    11 Blake Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9GW NR31 9GW

    Received 29 Mar 2016
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0527/F

    GIS

    6 Westbrook Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jun 1997
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0822/F

    Conversion of existing barn to one unit of residential accommodation*

    Upper Wood Farm Browns Lane Mautby Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Sept 2002
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0162/F

    Proposed rear extension to existing bungalow

    21 Norwich Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5UP

    Received 7 Mar 2012

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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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