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20,532 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/21/0912/F

    Demolition of existing extension and conservatory to allow for a new extension across the property (west elevation), erection of porch to north elevation, addition of pitched roof over existing 2 storey flat roof extension on southern elevation. Works to trees.

    Broadview King Street Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AT

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0677/F

    New conservatory to rear

    7 Cradock Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 4AL

    Received 27 Jul 2006
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0368/F

    Porch to front

    Golden Sands 240 The Marrams Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JN

    Received 18 Apr 2007
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0108/F

    Retrospective application for storage building/garage

    Grange Farm Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Feb 2010
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0495/F

    Extensions to bungalow

    Whitegates Zephyr Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TH

    Received 31 May 2002
  6. WITHDRAWN06/10/0377/F

    Covered swimming pool

    The Lodge Church Walk Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QQ

    Received 24 Jun 2010
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0837/CU

    Change of use to office accommodation

    257 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0JJ

    Received 15 Oct 1997
  8. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/95/0535/O

    Three-bedroomed detached house and garage for residential use

    42 Durham Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jun 1995
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0221/F

    Erection of conservatory

    66 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR32 4DP

    Received 12 Apr 2010
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0024/F

    Erection of conservatory to rear of property

    5 Marlborough Green Crescent Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4SZ

    Received 8 Jan 2008
  11. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/03/0704/D

    Twelve detached houses and garages

    South Gorleston Development Area Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Site 2)

    Received 28 Jul 2003
  12. APPROVED BY NCC06/05/0610/SU

    Extension to existing school

    Hopton First School Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Aug 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0718/BF

    Rebulding of building damaged by fire*

    Bosuns Locker Port of Yarmouth Marina Caister Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Aug 1999
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0566/F

    Proposed new porch/canopy to front door and new window to replace existing garage door

    69A Marine Parade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6EZ

    Received 29 Jun 2021
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/00/0398/F

    Reclad existing porch to building +

    45 Yarmouth Way Yarmouth House Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 May 2000
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0223/F

    Two storey front, single storey side and rear extension - Revised from refused application 06/10/0726/F

    13 South Garden Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TL

    Received 15 Apr 2011
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0589/F

    Single storey dwelling and ancillary works

    384 The Glebe Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JA NR29 4JA

    Received 7 Sept 2009
  18. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/94/0846/A

    Fascia sign +

    11 Market Place National Westminster Bank plc Great Yarmouth NR30 1LY

    Received 5 Oct 1994
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0462/F

    Expansion of the lounge and storage areas at Club Belle

    Club Belle Belle Aire Holiday Estate Beach Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HZ

    Received 25 Jul 2017
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0954/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/03/0516/F for siting of 20' x 8' container to rear of Alpha Centre

    Great Yarmouth & Waveney Contact Alpha Cente, Alpha Road Gorleston, Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0LG

    Received 2 Nov 2007
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0849/CU

    Conversion of chemist into tea room

    34 Market Row Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Oct 1995
  22. WITHDRAWN06/06/0988/F

    Erection of 2 no freestanding food and drink units (class A3 /A5) and associated car parking reconfiguration

    Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0NL NR31 0NL

    Received 27 Nov 2006
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0485/F

    Proposed construction of detached bungalow

    Threeways (Land to front) Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PU

    Received 15 Aug 2019
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0193/F

    Installation of 16 250W high efficiency solar panel to South facing pitched roofs - 8 on either side of rear extension

    Station Road Ormesby Village Centre Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Mar 2014

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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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