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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20,523 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/10/0793/F

    Proposed four bedroom chalet bungalow and detached double garage

    Achever Lodge (Land at) Penguin Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NU

    Received 20 Dec 2010
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0713/HH

    Installation of a pitched-roof caravan shelter in the rear garden, with associated hardstanding

    Rose Havre Stepshort Belton NR31 9JS

    Received 9 Sept 2024
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0491/F

    GIS

    Net House Low Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Jun 1997
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0431/F

    Alterations to form two further bedrooms over lounge and erection of garage *

    14 Longfellow Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 May 2000
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1030/F

    Erection of brick-built chimney to side of house *

    Greenside Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JR

    Received 26 Nov 2002
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0588/CU

    Increase number of HMO rooms to eight (eight persons)

    14 Crown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 8JN

    Received 12 Oct 2018
  7. WITHDRAWN06/20/0076/NMA

    Non-material amendment to application 06/18/0327/F - Revised layout to plots 1 & 2

    21 Crab Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DJ

    Received 25 Feb 2020
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0494/F

    GIS

    Hales House King Street Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Jun 1998
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0471/F

    Vary condition 2 of PP 06/05/0340/CU to change operation hours to 8am-6pm (weekdays) 8am-1pm (Saturdays)

    27-30 North River Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1SH

    Received 17 Jun 2008
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0135/CU

    Change of use from Class C3 to Class C2 (residential home for the elderly)

    235 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JH

    Received 19 Feb 1997
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0855/F

    UPVC Conservatory

    35 The Esplanade Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3NZ NR29 3NZ

    Received 6 Oct 2006
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0451/F

    Single storey rear extension

    25 Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 6 Jun 2008
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0745/F

    Construction of two steel test chambers (1 x horizontal and 1 x vertical) with brick construction compressor house and controllers room located in rear yard at Bureside House

    Bureside House North River Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TA

    Received 9 Oct 2008
  14. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0242/PDE

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    3 Martin De Rye Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AN

    Received 12 Apr 2017
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0003/HH

    Retrospective application for the erection of a detached wooden workshop building behind existing garage.

    18 Bosgate Rise Martham NR29 4TQ

    Received 3 Jan 2026
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0022/F

    Proposed ground floor extension. Extension to master bedroom with balcony. New garage/workshop

    Friars Walk Priory Road St Olaves GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HQ

    Received 16 Jan 2017
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0409/F

    Alterations and extensions to form two residential units

    23 Nelson Road North Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AT

    Received 21 May 2008
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0074/F

    Remove existing 2.4 metre conifer hedge, replace with wall to a height of 1.8 metres

    1 Woodstock Way Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4SY NR29 4SY

    Received 11 Feb 2010
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0220/F

    Demolition & rebuilding of first floor flat following a fire

    11B Southtown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0HU

    Received 16 Apr 2012
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0250/HH

    Proposed construction of an outbuilding including a Swimming Pool & Gym, basement area accommodating the Pool Plant Room & Storage

    Hall Farm, Pipistrelle Barn Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ

    Received 18 Mar 2023
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0559/CU

    GIS

    28 King Street Great Yarmouth (ground floor)

    Received 27 Jun 1997
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0505/F

    Residential development comprising sixteen houses.

    Compass Building Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PU

    Received 21 Jun 2000
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0602/CU

    Temporary (3 year) change of use from dwelling to B1(a) office

    Manor Farm Cottage Manor Farm Road East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DY

    Received 28 Oct 2019
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0168/F

    Renewal of PP 06/10/0087/F Alterations to front & side elevations & use of part of the ground floor with existing unit of accommodation

    40 Palgrave Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QD

    Received 27 Mar 2013

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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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