England · Local authority

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 · 23,414 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,530 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.

Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)

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. WITHDRAWN06/07/0347/D

    Reserved matters application for the erection of 6 No. dwellings

    Village Marsh West Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 10 Apr 2007
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0366/F

    Proposed front garden wall with access walls and gates. Alterations to previously approved detached garage

    203 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6SX NR31 6SX

    Received 16 Jun 2017
  3. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/16/0214/CD

    Discharge conditions 5 and 6 of PP 06/14/0842/F (extensions) in respect of materials and fencing

    Windmill Care Home Main Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5ER

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0201/F

    GIS

    53 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Mar 1999
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0563/F

    Conservatory to front elevation

    13 Spindrift Close Bulmer Lane Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4LA NR29 4LA

    Received 28 Jul 2008
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0130/F

    Portakabin to be sited inside fenced area at south end of building as additional office facility *

    BP Amoco Exploration Beevor Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NU

    Received 19 Feb 2001
  7. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0792/LB

    Provision of new gas meter box and new gas boiler outlet

    132 King Street (Flat) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 16 Dec 2016
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0863/F

    GIS

    24 Edinburgh Close Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Oct 1997
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0449/F

    Proposed single storey extension to rear of property incorporating new dining area, utility and bathroom along with adaptations to first floor providing a third bedroom and relocating bathroom

    55 Yarmouth Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BU

    Received 1 Aug 2019
  10. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/24/0927/CD

    Discharge of Condition 25 of pp 06/23/0926/VCF (Demolition of building; erection of a new discount foodstore) - Details of proposed fire hydrant.

    Site of former Trafalgar College Thamesfield Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0DN

    Received 28 Nov 2024
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0237/F

    GIS

    Ivy Cottage Rollesby Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Mar 1999
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0112/F

    Proposed extensions and alterations

    47 California Crescent California Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3QP

    Received 21 Feb 2014
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1007/CU

    Change of use to cafe

    Chic Arcade 28/29 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AF

    Received 20 Nov 2007
  14. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/1062/F

    Removal of cond 2 of planning permission 6/82/775/CU to allow holiday flats to be used as residential flats +

    21 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 9 Dec 2002
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0085/F

    Agricultural barn/animal shelter and feedstore +

    Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Feb 2001
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0003/F

    GIS

    5 Rowan Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Jan 1999
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0284/F

    Change use retail shop to restaurant with hot food take away, erection of extraction flue/duct at rear

    85 Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR15 2TF

    Received 21 Mar 2007
  18. APPROVE06/24/0761/HR

    Application to Remove a Countryside Hedgerow: 35m of hedgerow to be removed and replaced with blackthorn and hawthorn replanting

    Land west of 2 Myrtle Cottages Low Road Bastwick Repps With Bastwick NR29 5AH

    Received 27 Sept 2024
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0777/F

    Sub-division of site - erection of 2 dwellings

    White Gates Main Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AG

    Received 18 Dec 2017
  20. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/11/0318/CD

    Construct 20 flats, 5 general needs housing, roads and works - Discharge of Conditions 11 and 18 of PP: 06/10/0351/F

    The Old Hospital Site Estcourt Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4JH

    Received 19 May 2011
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0682/F

    Single storey rear extension

    Breydon View West Road West Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5SY

    Received 12 Aug 2021
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0132/F

    Single storey white upvc framed Regency style conservatory to front elevation

    21 Wapping Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JY

    Received 21 Feb 2005
  23. NO OBJECTION06/25/0711/TRE

    Works to tree protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 4 1982) T6 (Redwood) ; Fell, 5 day notice consent under Regulation 14(1)(c) of the Town and County Planning (Tree Preservation) Regulations 2012

    12 St Nicholas Court Bradwell NR31 8SH

    Received 19 Aug 2025
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0748/F

    GIS

    41 Camden Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Oct 1996

Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.

View all applications

Get emailed about new planning applications in Great Yarmouth

Area alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.

Set up an area alert

Researching a proposal in Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.

How to search planning applications

Guides to planning records

All planning guides
  • Understanding planning · 13 min read

    Planning application documents: what to read first

    Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

  • Understanding planning · 13 min read

    Planning permission drawings: how to read plans

    Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

  • Property research · 13 min read

    Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics

    Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.

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.

Check collection coverage