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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 · 23,783 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,899 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. PERMITTED DEV.06/20/0033/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - proposed single storey rear extension to provide larger kitchen

    44 Century Road Cobholm GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0BX

    Received 3 Feb 2020
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0839/F

    Proposed conservatory and porch extension

    The Nest 15a Windsor Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 4EA

    Received 14 Nov 2008
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0090/F

    GIS

    13 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Feb 1997
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0398/F

    New shopfront with window marketing unit with atm machines

    40-42 Market Place Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1LX

    Received 13 Jun 2014
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0216/F

    Change of use to restaurant and hot food take-away and alterations to frontage

    150 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PA

    Received 1 Apr 2009
  6. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0761/CD

    Discharge of Condition 7 of pp 06/23/0928/F (Redevelopment of East Coast College, including demolition of existing buildings and provision of a new three storey building, extension to existing sports hall) ; Submission of Habitat Management Plan

    Great Yarmouth College Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED

    Received 22 Sept 2025
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0283/F

    Change of use from storage to living accommodation *

    White House Farm (barn) Back Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Apr 2002
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0256/F

    Front porch

    3 Hilldrop Cottages Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Mar 2004
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0570/CU

    Conversion of former bed and breakfast accommodation into 4 room HMO

    46 St Georges Road Flints GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2JT

    Received 2 Oct 2018
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0434/F

    Retrospective application for swimming pools in gardens

    1 & 2 Hobland Barn Hobland Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 May 2008
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0277/F

    Proposed two storey dwelling house and detached garage

    3 Poplar Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7PW NR31 7PW

    Received 2 May 2017
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0724/F

    Proposed side extension to main dwelling and front extension to garage

    6 Wensum Way Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NY

    Received 12 Nov 2009
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0742/F

    Two-storey bedroom and car port extension *

    13 Decoy Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LG

    Received 1 Sept 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0877/F

    Conservatories to Plot Nos 1-5 inclusive, double garage to Plot No 3

    Olde Thatch Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth (five new bungalows rear of)

    Received 22 Sept 2003
  15. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/09/0474/LB

    Proposed conversion of barn to form a residential dwelling

    Grange Farm Barn Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Jul 2009
  16. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/07/0602/D

    New 2 bedroom detached bungalow

    6 Croft Road (site adjacent) Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5EJ NR30 5EJ

    Received 6 Jul 2007
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0146/F

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 06/15/0463/F - alterations to approved design

    23 Park Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EJ

    Received 1 Apr 2020
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0472/BF

    New boathouse

    41B River Thurne Cottages Martham Riverbank Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 May 2006
  19. Accept Amend Notice06/21/0460/NMA

    Non-material amendment for planning permission 06/20/0412/F - Minor revisions to design: Re-positioning the extension 0.9m further south; removing the proposed study and repositioning the hall entrance; and raising the bedroom window sill level

    Ravensbourne Beccles Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PT

    Received 20 Apr 2021
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0718/F

    Standing of catering trailer for the sale of hot & cold food and drink

    South Denes Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 10 Nov 2009
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0161/F

    Demolition of existing dwelling and replacement with one new dwelling and separate garage/home office for 69A Marine Parade

    70 Marine Parade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6EZ

    Received 24 Feb 2021
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0234/F

    Proposed rear extension and re-roof to form accommodation in roof space via increased roof pitch

    45 Cess Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RQ

    Received 19 Mar 2014
  23. ADV. CONSENT06/03/0174/A

    Childrens safety/advertising beacons

    North Beach/Central Beach/South Beach Great Yarmouth (16 sites)

    Received 4 Mar 2003
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0219/F

    Single storey rear extension

    3 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7LT

    Received 9 Apr 2018

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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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