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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 · 23,416 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,532 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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.

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More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0694/F

    Proposed extension and alterations

    7 Jordan Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LN

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0407/F

    One storey extension over existing single storey to form an additional bedroom

    155 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7ED

    Received 16 Jul 2018
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0404/F

    Static caravan to provide ancillary residential accommodation and storage/treatment/sterile room for Home Heamodialysis for dialysis patient

    11 Reynolds Avenue (Land to rear of) Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jul 2013
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0317/F

    Amended roof design from previous application number 06/08/0094/F

    Gemini Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Apr 2008
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0148/F

    Portacabin for take-away hot and cold food and drink

    Hank Marvins Snack Bar A W Plant Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Feb 2008
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0613/F

    Proposed change of use to restaurant with take away facility. Including a rear extension over yard and installation of a commercial extractor fan to rear of building

    72 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2DQ

    Received 12 Jul 2021
  7. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/1173/F

    Seventy one dwellings together with associated roads and sewers

    Potters Field Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Plots 1-71)

    Received 6 Dec 2004
  8. WITHDRAWN06/18/0220/CD

    Discharge conditions 7, 11 and 12 of planning permission 06/17/0428/F - (demolition of existing amusement arcade and construction of 4 semi-detached 1.5 storey, 3 bedroom dwellings and 1 single storey 3 bedroom bungalow)

    104 California Road California Amusements California GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 11 Apr 2018
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0410/F

    Vary Cond 2 of PP 06/09/0316/F to substitute drawing Nos: F.436.05/06/07/10 with F.436.105/106/107/108/110 to alter the layout of approved units of residential accommodation

    The College of Art & Design (former) Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 1 Jul 2010
  10. APPROVED BY NCC06/97/0751/SU

    GIS

    Southtown First School Tamworth Lane Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0HJ

    Received 16 Sept 1997
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0693/F

    Fence to rear of property bordering Doles Lane, concrete posts, 6'x6' wooden panels on 6" gravel boards

    97 Lords Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PA

    Received 20 Jul 2004
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0872/O

    Development for five town houses

    The Anchorage Drudge Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Sept 2004
  13. Undecided06/26/0388/HH

    Two storey side extension, and first floor side extension including a rear dormer and alterations to existing dormers.

    90A Yarmouth Road Caister-on-sea NR30 5BT

    Received 12 May 2026
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0273/F

    Two two-storey dwellings and garages

    Back Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Mar 2000
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0313/F

    Erection of bungalow at rear of property

    11a Grange Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5BA

    Received 27 Mar 2007
  16. WITHDRAWN06/21/0214/F

    Proposed replacement of summerhouse with brick built building

    32 Hawthorn Crescent Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8PX

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0770/F

    Proposed single storey side extension to form annex accommodation

    Oakhill Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QD

    Received 2 Dec 2011
  18. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/97/0227/CC

    GIS

    24 Repps Road Star Inn Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QT

    Received 19 Mar 1997
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0193/F

    Proposed change of use of first floor to six flats

    26 Southgates Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LL

    Received 10 Mar 2016
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0208/F

    GIS

    Grange Farm Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Mar 1997
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0085/F

    Demolition of existing conservatory and outbuilding; erection of new single storey extension with patio area

    31 Shakespeare Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4HE

    Received 14 Feb 2019
  22. WITHDRAWN06/11/0094/F

    Conversion of Mission Room to two bedroomed house

    The Mission Room Albion Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 16 Feb 2011
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0403/HH

    Erection of lean-to rear conservatory

    41 South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3EQ

    Received 15 May 2024
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0370/F

    Sub division of side garden and the construction of a detached 3 bed chalet bungalow. (The construction of a detached double garage to serve existing dwelling has been removed from the application)

    The Old Vicarage The Street Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4EU

    Received 18 Jul 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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