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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 · 23,343 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,459 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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.

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/Reasons06/97/0948/F

    GIS

    Five Acres Beach Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BX

    Received 20 Nov 1997
  2. Undecided06/25/0659/F

    Variation of Condition 1(a) of the deemed planning permission granted by virtue of Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the existing Site Licence dated 25th June 2013, ref: HE/0077/00004/00000/CAR/RF/conditions, to remove the existing seasonal-occupancy period restriction which limits site occupation to use only by caravans for holiday purposes between 20th March and 31st October in any year, and instead allow year-long occupation of caravans for holiday purposes.

    Beach Estate & Sandsgate Caravan Parks (trading as Sandsgate St Thomas's Road Hemsby NR29 4JE

    Received 8 Aug 2025
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0946/A

    ATM Fascia

    Barclays Bank plc 21 Trafalgar Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2LD

    Received 26 Oct 2007
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0307/F

    Alterations to roof with dormer and velux roof windows at front. Dormers at rear to form loft conversion

    10 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HG

    Received 24 May 2010
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0098/F

    New shop front installation

    Unit D Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0NL NR31 0NL

    Received 27 Jan 2006
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0339/F

    Single storey kitchen extension with flat roof and internal alterations *

    Harbour Cottage The Lane Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BN

    Received 10 Apr 2003
  7. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/95/0188/F

    Dormer extension to provide additional unit of accommodation

    76/77 Avondale Road The Poplars Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Mar 1995
  8. WITHDRAWN06/24/0465/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use to confirm that The Willows, 31 Burnt Lane, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth NR31 0PG has an established lawful use as an independent dwelling (Use Class C3)

    The Willows Burnt Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PG

    Received 8 Jun 2024
  9. WITHDRAWN06/04/0124/F

    Extensions to rear to provide garage, bathrooms, conservatory and porch

    34 Four Acres Estate Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JB

    Received 11 Feb 2004
  10. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/14/0567/CD

    Discharge conditions 7,10,18,19 & 21 of planning permission 06/14/0363/F in respect of arboriculture work, drainage, parking, wheel cleaning and slab levels

    Sycamore Avenue (Land off) Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Sept 2014
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0069/F

    Proposed conservatory and garden cabin/store. Rear garden wall and new entrance walls and gates

    Swiss House Bush Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BY NR29 4BY

    Received 2 Feb 2010
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0650/F

    GIS

    Redmond Drift Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Aug 1998
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0019/F

    Prefabricated garage

    77 Colomb Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BU

    Received 12 Jan 2005
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0777/F

    GIS

    Admiralty Road/Main Cross Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Oct 1998
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0378/BF

    Conversion of redundant former agricultural Barn 1 to holiday accommodation

    Hall Farm Runham Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Apr 2003
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0962/F

    Proposal to install CO2 gas cooler, no. 3 Daikin Azas 140 AC units and satellite dish to rear of ground floor.

    Albion Tavern Public House 87 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SH

    Received 16 Nov 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0198/F

    Proposed construction of a new light industrial building comprising two storey offices and workshops and new car park. Re-location of existing access. Re-adjust alignment of frontage on Crittens Road and construct new footpath and 2M high security fence

    Grist Mill Crittens Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0AG

    Received 4 Mar 2021
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1017/F

    Rear lounge extension to bungalow and conversion of garage to bedroom

    2 Second Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5NN

    Received 29 Oct 2003
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0721/F

    Construction of vehicular access

    The Hatchery Market Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EW

    Received 16 Dec 2019
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0272/F

    GIS

    1 Belstead Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Apr 1997
  21. WITHDRAWN06/00/0350/O

    Two-storey chalet and garage *

    Bush Road Winterton Great Yarmouth (adj Tamarisk)

    Received 2 May 2000
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0199/F

    Single storey extension to form 'wet' play area

    G Y Toy and Leisure Library Alpha Road Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Mar 1995
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0578/SU

    New 1.8m high security gates/ railings with electronic entry system and new face brick walls to replace existing

    56/72 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Jun 2003
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0939/O

    Demolition of workshop and erection of single dwelling

    2 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Oct 2003

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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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