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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
29,574Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,331 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,447 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. WITHDRAWN06/09/0109/CU

    Conversion of single dwelling to holiday flats

    Wishing Well Lodge 29 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JA

    Received 19 Feb 2009
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0425/F

    Conversion of Residential Care Home for the elderly to 3 dwelling houses (Class C3 of T & CP Use Classes Order)

    218/219 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 4 May 2007
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0452/F

    Proposed single storey infill extension to rear to enlarge kitchen with glazed lean-to roof and full height windows

    25 Avondale Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6DW

    Received 28 May 2021
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0261/F

    Creation of hardstanding for car parking (extension to existing)

    145 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 21 Apr 2009
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/96/0056/O

    Construction of three detached two-storey dwellings and garages off private drive

    147 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth (land adja Bradwell Lodge)

    Received 24 Jan 1996
  6. WITHDRAWN06/03/0757/F

    New bungalow to be used as a granny annexe *

    Swan Rise Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NW

    Received 13 Aug 2003
  7. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/07/0726/LB

    Conversion from eight bedsits to three one bed flats and removal of chimney stack

    3 Waterloo Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 3AF

    Received 10 Aug 2007
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0574/CU

    GIS

    110/111 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth NR30 2NJ

    Received 3 Jul 1997
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0814/F

    Conversion of former storage building to a single residential unit

    Burnley Hall East Somerton Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR29 4DZ

    Received 14 Sept 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0716/F

    Variation of condition to allow holiday occupation from 1st March in one year to 14th January in the following year*

    20 Four Acres Estate Southwards Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Sept 2001
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0545/F

    Demolish conservatory and build two-storey rear extension +

    45 Second Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jun 1999
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1080/F

    1 metre high close boarded fence with gravel board both sides of boundary of front garden

    6 Biscay Gardens Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 22 Dec 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0662/F

    Conversion of four-storey dwelling to five holiday flats and permanent flat on ground floor *

    25 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JL

    Received 2 Aug 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0493/F

    Proposed extension to form lounge and dining room

    195 Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6NU

    Received 27 Jun 2008
  15. WITHDRAWN06/25/0502/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment to pp 06/25/0196/F (Erection of a two-bay cart shed) - Proposal to change the siting and orientation of the cart shed.

    Beech Farm Barns Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ

    Received 27 Jun 2025
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0733/F

    First floor extension

    1 Nile Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AS

    Received 14 Aug 2006
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0364/F

    GIS

    7 Norwich Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 May 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0195/F

    Rear extension to kitchen and lobby

    4 King George Close Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HB

    Received 3 Apr 2013
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0302/BF

    Two-storey extension (living room/bedroom) on south elev; single storey ext of porch making study and shower room *

    Manor Farm Cottage Chapel Road Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3HA

    Received 10 Apr 2000
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0522/CU

    Proposed conversion of former guest house to 2no. houses

    11 Bath Hill Terrace GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2LG

    Received 15 Jun 2021
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0862/F

    Extension to rear

    49 Colomb Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8BT NR31 8BT

    Received 10 Oct 2006
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0303/F

    Garage *

    The Bungalow Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AB

    Received 18 Apr 2001
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0685/F

    Alterations & extensions to form 2 bedrooms, study/guest bedroom, lobby & utility room

    3 Filby Close Filby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3HT NR29 3HT

    Received 7 Sept 2005
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0588/F

    New portable building *

    Marine Offshore Des (1987) Ltd Magellan House James Watt Cl Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Aug 2001

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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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