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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20,830 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/15/0269/F

    Proposed extension and internal alterations to existing bungalow

    21 Thurne Way Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3SQ

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  2. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0287/F

    New bungalow and garage

    Land adjacent New House Harpers Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 21 Mar 2007
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0736/F

    GIS

    Old Ice House Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Oct 1996
  4. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/97/0424/D

    GIS

    A47 Great Yarmouth Bypass Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth (land adjoining)

    Received 20 May 1997
  5. WITHDRAWN06/07/0091/F

    Sub-division of garden to form plot and construction of detached chalet bungalow.

    14 Fulmar Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 31 Jan 2007
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0250/F

    Alterations and extension to form additional bedroom over existing ground floor flat roofed rooms *

    17 Kennel Loke Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU

    Received 27 Mar 2001
  7. EST/LAW USE CER.06/26/0502/PU

    Application for Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development: Construction of single storey building to be used as GP Streaming Unit (located to the south of the main JPUH building, this would measure 3 metres in height and be 180 sqm in area (18.08 m by 10.06 m) and is to relocate the existing GP Streaming services from its existing location to the front of the hospital).

    James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 30 Jun 2026
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0430/F

    Demolition of conservatory and erection of new conservatory

    4 Gorse Close Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LS

    Received 10 May 2004
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0536/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No.3 1979 (Amended 1984)) - T1 (Hornbeam) - crown raise to 4 metres

    The Nook 11 Turner Close Bradwell NR31 9RF

    Received 4 Jul 2025
  10. APPROVE06/10/0779/CD

    Revised scheme, layout & housing mix (06/10/0232/F) - Discharge of Conditions 7,8,9 (06/09/0240/SU)

    2-46 Peterhouse Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PZ

    Received 13 Dec 2010
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0272/F

    Woodgrain UPVC Victorian Conservatory

    122 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6BE NR31 6BE

    Received 14 Mar 2006
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0440/F

    Replacement of flat roof to garage with pitched roof *

    27 Heather Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NN

    Received 6 Jun 2001
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0708/F

    GIS

    9 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Sept 1998
  14. APPROVE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/23/0431/HH

    Retrospective application for retention of existing trellis erected on top of 2 m high fence (Total height 2.7 m) along southern boundary of rear garden

    2 Mawkin Green Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8TR

    Received 7 Jun 2023
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0963/F

    GIS

    167 Stafford Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Dec 1996
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0100/F

    Residential development of one, 3-bedroom townhouse to be attached adjacent to five existing townhouses

    Lucas Road (Land Adjacent plot 6) Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Feb 2012
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0788/F

    Extension and alterations *

    2 Hollow Tree Cottages Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Sept 1994
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0690/F

    Conversion of ground floor retail unit to bed-sit accommodation

    4a St Peters Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Sept 2005
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0097/F

    Single storey offices

    Tech Safe Systems Limited Shuttleworth Close Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0NO

    Received 5 Feb 2008
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0009/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/09/0730/F for proposed dwelling

    Kalamalka St Thomas's Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JE

    Received 4 Jan 2013
  21. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/22/0908/M

    Prior approval notification for proposed cattle underpass.

    Bridleway north of Blocka Road Herringfleet and Somerleyton Suffolk

    Received 18 Oct 2022
  22. WITHDRAWN06/18/0626/CU

    Change to HMO from domestic property

    44 Nelson Road South GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3JA

    Received 24 Oct 2018
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0306/F

    Side entrance porch *

    279 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Apr 2000
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0106/HH

    Single storey side extension.

    Charisma, North Road Hemsby NR29 4LJ

    Received 17 Feb 2026

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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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