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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
239Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,622 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,738 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0205/F

    Extension to supermarket car park to provide an additional 26 no. car parking spaces

    Lidl Norwich Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JL

    Received 31 Mar 2017
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0761/F

    Bathroom extension to rear *

    30 Busseys Loke Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HG

    Received 27 Aug 2002
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0909/F

    GIS

    9 School Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Nov 1998
  4. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0492/CD

    Proposed two-storey rectory and existing village hall to be included as part of site for conversion to garages - discharge of conditions 3, 5, 9/10, 12, 13 re PP 06/14/0645/F

    School Road Martham First School (Former) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PX

    Received 16 Jul 2015
  5. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0798/CD

    Discharge of condition 5 of Appeal Decision APP/U2615/A/12/2171201 relating to Planning Permission 06/11/0255/F - Conversion to form six apartments

    79-80 Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2DJ

    Received 21 Dec 2016
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0997/F

    2 bungalows

    Plot at Breydon View Busseys Loke Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HG NR31 8HG

    Received 28 Nov 2006
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0739/F

    GIS

    St Marys Lane Southtown Road Great Yarmouth (North end of Church Hall)

    Received 1 Oct 1996
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0787/PAD

    Prior approval application - conversion of former pig pen to 3 no. dwellings

    Breydon View Market Road Burgh Castle NR31 9EN

    Received 1 Sept 2022
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0473/F

    Single storey rear extension with parapet roof and detached garden store

    20 Stanley Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7QU NR31 7QU

    Received 18 Jul 2016
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0778/CU

    Change of use wholesale warehouse to A1 retail warehouse.

    D & F Macarthys The Conge Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 4 Oct 2005
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0420/F

    Proposed two storey side extension

    93 Covent Garden Road Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5WA NR30 5WA

    Received 4 May 2007
  12. WITHDRAWN06/09/0272/F

    Vary cond 11 of PP:06/05/0940/D to extend working hours to Mon-Fri 7.00am-5.30pm;Sat 7.30am-1pm; Sat 1.00pm-4.30pm (small tools/light work only); Sun and Bank Holidays 7.30am- 5.30pm (small tools/light work only)

    Land off West Road Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 27 Apr 2009
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0703/F

    Single storey rear extension

    50 Ormesby Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LJ

    Received 14 Dec 2018
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0057/HH

    Erection of 1.5-storey side extension to provide double garage with bedroom accommodation above. Installation of 2no. rooflights to existing first floor.

    The Old Post House Lowestoft Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9AH

    Received 27 Jan 2025
  15. NO OBJECTION06/10/0679/SU

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission c/6/2009/6013 to extend the time limit to 9th January 2012

    Borrow Pit and Stockpile Field West Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Nov 2010
  16. Undecided06/26/0306/HH

    Alterations and repairs to internal and external parts of the listed building, including the construction of a replacement Orangery and the installation of PV panels to the south roof slope

    Scratby Hall Scratby Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3PQ

    Received 20 Apr 2026
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0476/F

    First floor extension over existing garage/utility room *

    7 St Nicholas Court Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 May 2002
  18. PERMITTED DEV.06/94/0692/F

    Rear flat roofed single storey extension +

    4 Cob Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8UQ

    Received 11 Aug 1994
  19. WITHDRAWN06/16/0169/O

    Demolition of Public House. Block up exit/access from Beccles Road, improve Crab Lane access. Redevelop with 1 bungalow, 4 semi-detached and 1 detached houses

    83 Beccles Road The Arches PH Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DH

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0993/F

    Change of use from holiday flats to five residential flats +

    7 Britannia Road Sheran House Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Dec 1998
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0782/SU

    Convert existing shop and flat into 2 No: one bedroom houses

    52 Havelock Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3HR

    Received 12 Nov 2014
  22. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0339/F

    Proposed erection of steel framed building in the rear garden

    131 Station Road North Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9NW

    Received 12 Jun 2019
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0724/F

    Variation of condition 3 of Planning Permission 06/17/0328/F - to allow unrestricted C1/holiday accommodation use

    63 Apsley Road Bromley Hotel GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2HG

    Received 22 Nov 2017
  24. WITHDRAWN06/14/0619/F

    Erection of two new two bed houses

    84 St Nicholas Road (Rear of) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1NN

    Received 27 Aug 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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