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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 · 23,624 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,740 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. REFUSED06/21/0106/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - Demolition of rear conservatory and creation of new Kitchen and Dog Room by extending the existing gable roof over new extension; Garage roof to be extended to incorporate a new Bedroom area and flat roof to extend over the new Dog Room

    13 Upper Grange Crescent Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AR

    Received 8 Feb 2021
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0547/F

    Single storey rear extension

    34 Watsons Close Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9BJ

    Received 18 Aug 2009
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0250/F

    Garage and chimney *

    6 Belstead Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5BB

    Received 21 Mar 2003
  4. APPROVED BY NCC06/94/0997/SU

    Alterations and extension *

    Ormesby Middle School North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Nov 1994
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0602/F

    Construction of 14 industrial units No.'s 1 to 14 (Use Class B2); and construction of 4 units No.'s 15 to 18 (Use Class E(g)); and car parking and associated works

    Land at Townlands Business Park Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0QE

    Received 6 Jul 2022
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0501/F

    Repositioning of entrance doorway *

    46 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PN

    Received 14 Jun 1994
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0062/F

    Cylindrical propane tank in front garden

    3 Park View Avenue Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DZ

    Received 25 Jan 1995
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0679/F

    Detached house and temporary standing of residential caravan *

    Plot 1 Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth (adjacent Sunnyside)

    Received 16 Aug 1999
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0210/CU

    Extension to residential curtilage (change of use) *

    The Haven (land adjoining) York Villa Close Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JN

    Received 5 Mar 2002
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0251/F

    Proposed garage extension with pitched roof (to replace existing flat roof) and new front porch

    Heath House Heath Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HJ

    Received 16 Apr 2012
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0613/F

    Extension at front *

    99 Beach Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jul 2000
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0666/F

    Proposed control kiosk and telemetry mast for remote control of sewage pumping station

    43 Thoroughfare Lane (Land adjacent) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Sept 2008
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0358/F

    Conversion of workshop and store into one 2 bed flat and two bedsits

    1 & 2 Lancaster Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2NN

    Received 1 Jun 2011
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0835/F

    Replace dead trees with 1.8m close board fence and shingle driveway

    14 West Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RP

    Received 18 Dec 2014
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0049/F

    GIS

    Hewett Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jan 1998
  16. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/22/0921/TCA

    Proposed works to trees: T1, T2 & T3 Acer - Crown lift by 2.5m; T4 Ash - Remove - causing issues to surrounding structures and poor specimen; T5 Salix - Reduce crown by 2m, 6m down to 4m in height; T6 Conifer - Remove - to allow access to driveway; T7, T8 & T9 Lawsonia - remove overlarge for plot

    2 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JX

    Received 12 Oct 2022
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0493/F

    Conservatory to front of dwelling *

    22 Greenacres Woodfarm Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 May 2003
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0157/O

    GIS

    10 Gannet Road (adjacent) Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Feb 1997
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0202/F

    GIS

    Scratby Green Rottenstone Lane Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Mar 1998
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0704/A

    Replacement post mounted sign

    Corner Main Road/Browns Lane Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JQ NR29 3JQ

    Received 17 Nov 2015
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0628/F

    Demolition of Centre 81 buildings; construction of eight three-storey, three-bedroomed dwellings and garages on ground floor; additional parking space to front

    Tar Works Road GREAT YARMOUTH (former Centre 81) NR30 1QR

    Received 26 Jul 2021
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0236/F

    Garage/utility room extension

    25 Covent Garden Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SB

    Received 22 Mar 1995
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1156/F

    Kitchen extension, alterations and garage

    12 Cliff Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Dec 2003
  24. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/05/0504/F

    Installation of 17.5m telecommunications monopole, antennae, transmission dishes equip cabinet & assoc develops

    Seadell Estate Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jun 2005

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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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