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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

223Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,774 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,890 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0479/F
Proposed alterations and extensions to enlarge room for use as sitting & bedroom,level floor shower room and cloaks
97 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0JX
Received 29 May 2007
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0712/CD
Discharge of Condition 3 of pp 06/24/0912/DM (Prior approval for the demolition of the former potting shed) - Submission of Demolition Management Plan
5 The Conge Great Yarmouth NR30 1PJ
Received 26 Aug 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0615/F
Change of use of existing part ground floor dental accomodation to bed sit
66 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Aug 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0600/F
GIS
105 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jul 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1043/F
Change of use to four
37 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Dec 1994
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/95/0657/A
Shop fascia sign
Unit at Groveglade Shopping Centre High Street Gorleston, Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jul 1995
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0237/F
GIS
30 Winmer Avenue (adjacent) Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Mar 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0242/HH
Proposed ground floor side and rear extension and first floor rear extension.
18 Waveney Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LB
Received 1 Apr 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0135/F
Proposed reinstatement of dormer windows to the front mansard roof.
56 Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2HL
Received 16 Feb 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0509/F
Pair of semi-detached houses
3/3a Anson Road Southtown Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jun 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0424/F
Erection of agricultural type building for storage purposes.
Browston Hall Country Club Browston Green Browston Great Yarmouth
Received 6 May 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0637/BF
Decking to rear elevation *
42 Riverside Cedars Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5SY
Received 11 Jul 2002
APPROVED BY NCC06/98/0674/F
GIS
Welcome Pits Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Aug 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0421/F
Proposed two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
4 Sparrow Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8SG
Received 6 Jul 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0189/F
Proposed garage extension and new entrance
Busy Bee Farm Wick Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HF
Received 5 Mar 2008
REFUSED06/21/0983/PAD
Prior approval - notification of larger home extension- Proposed single storey extension
51 Shrublands Way Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8DU
Received 22 Nov 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0517/F
GIS
15 Watling Close Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jul 1996
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/07/0217/D
Proposed residential development - Plot No's 5, 6, 7, & 8 - 4 No. detached houses
Former Coal Yard and Bowling Green Hall Road Martham
Received 1 Mar 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1086/F
Creation of three flats on
69 Regent Road Great Yarmouth
Received 29 Dec 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0502/F
Single storey extension to rear, comprising gymnasium, games room, bathroom & a garden room with a connecting room to the side of the existing garage.
5 Sea View Rise Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9SE
Received 13 Aug 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0147/F
Re-build of pressure test bays in yard area of Bureside House (single storey design with open top design)
Claxton Engineering Services Ltd Bureside House North River Road Eurocentre Great Yarmouth NR30 1TA
Received 9 Feb 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0931/F
New garage *
86 Beach Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Oct 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0279/F
Demolition of existing garage, new attached garage extension, comprising of garage, utility room and loft conversion. New dropped kerb for additional parking space
23 John Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LF
Received 29 Apr 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0985/TRE
Proposed felling of Ash tree (T1) - poor condition
Linden Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 3HN
Received 1 Dec 2021

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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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