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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 · 23,335 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,451 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0198/A

    Fascia Surround

    5-7 Kingsway (Spar) Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4JT

    Received 23 Feb 2007
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0519/F

    Replacement front porch

    4 Evans Lombe Close Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5JR

    Received 8 Jun 2004
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0882/F

    Variation of condition 2 of pp 06/02/1104/CU; form new access and culvert to lorry park

    Lorry Park, Townlands Harfreys Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 16 Oct 2006
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0688/F

    GIS

    6 South Garden Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Aug 1997
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1129/F

    Single storey doctors surgery and replacement meeting room for hall; demolition of extg meeting room and stores

    Hopton Village Hall Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Dec 2003
  6. WITHDRAWN06/08/0539/F

    Proposed two no. dwellings r/o 23-25 Bells Road

    23-25 Bells Road (site at) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BB NR31 6BB

    Received 21 Jul 2008
  7. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/00/0018/F

    Conversion of two-storey warehouse into two one- bedroomed flats *

    38a Nelson Road Central The Warehouse Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jan 2000
  8. WITHDRAWN06/02/0204/A

    Advertisement pillars (All year round).

    Pasteur Road GY (Sites GY36/GY38) High Street Gorleston (Site GY39)

    Received 5 Mar 2002
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0439/CU

    Change of use from guest house to residential

    61 Albany Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0EU

    Received 12 May 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0492/F

    GIS

    Fieldview Tower Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Jun 1997
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0149/CU

    Change of use to include B2 as a carpentry workshop

    Unit 15 Bessemer Way GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LX

    Received 13 Mar 2019
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0995/O

    Residential development of four chalets with garages & driveways

    Shamrock Motor Sales 22 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DF NR31 8DF

    Received 28 Nov 2006
  13. ADV. REFUSAL (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/21/0466/A

    Proposed single 3m x 6m illuminated 48-sheet digital advertisement display

    Waveney Mills Southtown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JB

    Received 28 May 2021
  14. NO OBJECTION06/23/0084/TEL

    Installation of 1 x 9m wooden telegraph pole for fixed line Broadband

    O/S 46 Station Road Hopton on sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9BH

    Received 30 Jan 2023
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0927/F

    New house and garage *

    Caraway Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth (Plot 46W off)

    Received 23 Oct 2002
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0876/F

    Side extension for bedroom and utility room

    48 Warren Road Gorleston on Sea Great Yarmouth, NR31 6JT (Parish of Hopton)

    Received 10 Oct 2007
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0911/F

    Demolition of garage and erection of new garage and boat store

    1 Main Road Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Nov 1995
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1025/F

    Single storey extension

    22 Maple Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 5 Dec 2006
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0534/F

    GIS

    Marine Park Gapton Hall Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jul 1996
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0767/O

    Change of use from builders yard to residential use +

    31 St Julian Road (site rear of) Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Sept 2000
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0736/F

    Proposed ground and first floor extension

    32 Victoria Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EF

    Received 6 Oct 2008
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0102/F

    Proposed extension to dining area

    44 Hill Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6HP

    Received 17 Feb 2011
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0495/F

    Single storey extension to rear consisting of kitchen/diner

    3 Sweetacres Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4NR NR29 4NR

    Received 30 May 2006
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0814/F

    Front extension with bay window *

    12 The Boulters Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TF

    Received 3 Sept 2003

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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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