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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 · 23,407 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,523 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/11/0218/A

    One fascia sign

    19/20 North Drive Furzedown Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 4EW

    Received 6 Apr 2011
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0360/F

    First floor pitched roof bedroom extension and ground floor flat roof extension to rear *

    62 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NA

    Received 9 May 2001
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0918/F

    Temporary siting of mobile

    The Victoria Public House 12 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Oct 1994
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0620/F

    Conservatory to be constructed on the side of the dwelling (adjacent to Onslow Ave).

    23 Beresford Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DU

    Received 15 Oct 2013
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0474/F

    GIS

    43 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jun 1997
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0748/O

    Proposed sub-division of garden to form plot for detached bungalow

    Corner House Stepshort Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PT

    Received 23 Dec 2013
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0360/F

    External alterations and associated works

    Unit B Gapton Hall Retail Park GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0NL

    Received 28 Jun 2018
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0088/CU

    Partial change of use from residential 6 bedroomed house to part residential/part therapy centre

    12 Albert Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JH

    Received 7 Feb 2013
  9. NO OBJECTION06/21/0511/TCA

    Sorbus (T1) - Fell dead tree Walnut ( T2) - Removal of loose broken branches

    The Gables The Street West Somerton Somerton NR29 4EA

    Received 18 Jun 2021
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0410/F

    Proposed new first floor over existing bungalow

    The Bungalow Browston Lane Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DP

    Received 3 Jul 2017
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0712/F

    Extension to side and rear to form garage, kitchen and dining area, demolish existing garage *

    29 Blake Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Aug 2002
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0284/CU

    Change of use of land for construction of pond for geothermal heating system for adjacent barn conversion

    Heath Farm Barns Rollesby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 17 Mar 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0649/F

    90cm satellite dish and air conditioning unit on rear flat roof.

    65 Blackfriars Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Aug 2005
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0594/F

    Pitched roofs in lieu of flat roofs, and bathroom extension

    36 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Jul 2006
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0568/F

    GIS

    48a Camden Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jul 1997
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0209/F

    Detached bungalow with parking and new vehicular access

    Homestead Gardens Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JU

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0264/F

    GIS

    40 Back Lane The Cottage Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE

    Received 29 Mar 1999
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0588/O

    GIS

    147 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth (adja Bradwell Lodge)

    Received 2 Aug 1996
  19. WITHDRAWN06/06/0512/F

    Conversion of existing cart shed to a one bedroom letting apartment

    Manor House, Browston Browston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 6 Jun 2006
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0630/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    72 Station Road North Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9NN

    Received 21 Jul 2021
  21. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/96/0135/A

    Flat board on wall

    5 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Feb 1996
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0534/F

    Extension to kitchen and lounge

    15 Bernard Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EG

    Received 26 Aug 2010
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0265/HH

    Proposed front and side extensions; new vehicular access for additional parking space

    52 Queensway Caister-on-sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5AF

    Received 24 Mar 2022
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0528/HH

    Proposed erection of a single-storey rear extension

    77 El Alamein Way Bradwell NR31 8SX

    Received 25 Jun 2024

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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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