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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 · 23,672 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,788 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0312/F

    Construction of attached annexe side extension with rooms in roof and conversion of existing garage to lounge

    51 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DA

    Received 16 May 2013
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0538/F

    First floor extension

    2 Broad View Court Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5HG

    Received 23 Sept 2019
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0207/F

    Demolition of existing garage. Extension to form ground floor garage and first floor bedroom.

    12 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE

    Received 31 Mar 2009
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0097/F

    Demolition of conservatory and erection of 2 storey rear extension

    34 Millview Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3ND

    Received 17 Feb 2015
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/00/0048/F

    Map display board and dispenser +

    Market Place Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Jan 2000
  6. Not proceeded with06/24/0393/CD

    Discharge of condition 3 of application 06/22/0615/F Condition 3 - Bat Survey Report

    Wild Duck Caravan Park Howards Common Belton with Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9NE

    Received 30 May 2024
  7. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/14/0646/CD

    Erection of detached house and garage. Discharge of condition 13 Re: pp 06/13/0672/F

    The Naze (Land adj No: 6) Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LB

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  8. WITHDRAWN06/23/0199/PAD

    Proposed prior approval for proposed change of use: agricultural storage unit to a car sales unit

    Nova Scotia Farm Nova Scotia Track West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SH

    Received 5 Mar 2023
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0031/F

    Proposed erection of three dwellings to rear of site

    79 Pier Plain (former TV Palmer builders site) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PG

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  10. WITHDRAWN06/20/0697/CD

    Discharge of conditions 8 and 9 of pp. 06/18/0149/o - Archaeological investigation and phase 2 site investigation

    Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 22 Dec 2020
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0392/SU

    Childrens playground for under 14 years; one item fishing boat with mast over 4m high

    Old Bowling Green Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 May 2005
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0096/F

    Removal of condition no. 4 of planning permission no. 06/00/0766/CU

    Daisy Frames Old Chapel Gallery West Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RP

    Received 3 Feb 2004
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0013/F

    Demolition of existing rear extension and replacement with new extension/alterations of garage. Alteration of existing roof structure

    The Dell Nova Scotia Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QD

    Received 3 Feb 2017
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0291/BF

    First floor extension to enlarge bedroom, internal alterations and removal of chimney *

    Grebe Cottage Staithe Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AB

    Received 11 Apr 2001
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0747/SU

    Environmental improvement works

    Howard St South/Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth (Land adjacent)

    Received 3 Oct 1996
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0759/O

    Detached house and garage *

    Land adjacent The Surgery Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Oct 2001
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0952/F

    GIS

    Gracelands off Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Nov 1999
  18. Undecided06/22/0298/EU

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as an independent dwelling

    37 Station Road South The Stables Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JG

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  19. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/99/0141/F

    GIS

    Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Feb 1999
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0683/F

    GIS

    Blue Bus Depot Caister Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Aug 1998
  21. WITHDRAWN06/18/0387/O

    Proposed residential development of 3 no detached houses with detached garages

    Tretts Lane/Rollesby Road (land on corner) Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 2 Jul 2018
  22. WITHDRAWN06/13/0581/F

    Construction of six (no) three-bedroom detached dwellings

    Walnut Tree Avenue (Land off) Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PA

    Received 24 Sept 2013
  23. PERMITTED DEV.06/25/0864/LDO

    Notification of an intention to develop under the South Denes Local Development Order 2022: Proposed use of an existing concrete pad to provide 30no. additional car park spaces as an extension to the existing car park accessed from South Denes Road (Class 1(h)); Removal of existing security fencing and installation of new ISPS security fencing; installation of a new lighting column (Class 4).

    50 South Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PR

    Received 20 Oct 2025
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0664/F

    Redevelopment of paddock land for erection of 2no. bungalows and garaging

    Leeway Low Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RE

    Received 6 Sept 2023

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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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