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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

29,577Searchable applications

225Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,714 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,830 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0070/PDE
Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension
5 Duke Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LL
Received 10 Feb 2014
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0595/CU
Convert Hotel to 11 self contained apartments
7-10 Paget Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1PY
Received 6 Jul 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0132/F
Extension to rear for bathroom and bedroom
Seahorses Nursing Home 8 Park Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EJ NR31 6EJ
Received 6 Feb 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0105/F
Single storey side and rear extension; fence to north-east boundary of property
2 The Green Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JX
Received 9 Feb 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0667/F
GIS
71 Havelock Road Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Aug 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0698/F
New car port *
2 Briar Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Aug 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0861/F
Loft conversion for the sole benefit of disabled son
7 Hawkins Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4AG NR30 4AG
Received 9 Oct 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0518/CU
GIS
58 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Jun 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0335/F
Removal of redundant bulk storage tanks and construction of a welfare building.
Gas House Quay Malthouse Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0GY
Received 13 Apr 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0436/F
Single storey front breakfast area and porch extension, with two-storey rear and side extension.
Hollygrove Barn Lane Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EF
Received 4 Jul 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0543/F
Single and two storey rear extension
146 Kingfisher Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PQ
Received 7 Sept 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0761/F
Proposed ground floor rear extension
School House School Loke Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LH
Received 1 Sept 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0201/F
GIS
Swire EPD South Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PR
Received 12 Mar 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0323/F
Detached single storey smoke shelter
Cobholm Tavern Public House Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 2 Apr 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0700/F
Extension to existing chalet style bungalow & conversion of detached shed to office and art studio - Revised scheme
Tiptree New Road Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HR
Received 6 Oct 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0406/F
Replace hedging on Station Road frontage with a brick wall; relocate opening/entrance to property; improve visibility splay and widen drop kerb
Whiteacre 21 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH
Received 17 Jul 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0195/F
Proposed change of use and conversion of first and second floor storage areas to create 1 x one bedroom and 1 x studio residential units
176 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2NY
Received 7 Mar 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0769/F
Single storey extension to form elderly relatives annexe
Applewood House Browns Lane Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JQ
Received 1 Dec 2016
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0184/A
Shop signs on north and east elevations
The Conge/George Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1JN
Received 4 Mar 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0175/F
Two storey rear extension, internal alterations, detached garage, kennel and log store and boundary treatments
Longacre Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Mar 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0751/F
Renewal of Planning Permission 06/07/1061/F for 1 no. portakabin office unit
James Paget University Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA
Received 14 Dec 2012
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/11/0522/LB
Conversion of first second & third floors of Hotel premises to five self-contained residential flats
64 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2EJ
Received 8 Aug 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0232/HH
Proposed demolition of double garage and erection of two storey side extension.
7 Violet Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8UR
Received 8 Mar 2022
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/96/0095/F
Renewal of planning permission no. 06/90/0220/F for bungalow at rear of property
11a Grange Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Feb 1996

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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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