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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

237Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,673 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,789 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0211/F
Extension to form garage and conversion of existing garage to form dining room
1 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Mar 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0687/F
Proposed development of two three bedroomed bungalows & associated garages
R/O 43 Beccles Road and 20 & 22 Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Sept 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0397/F
GIS
13 East Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DP
Received 11 May 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0227/HH
Retrospective application for the construction of 2no. curtilage brick garden walls
6 Abels Court Beach Road Great Yarmouth NR29 3FL
Received 26 Mar 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0241/VCF
Proposed variation to condition 2 of PP 06/20/0073/F - Extension and internal alterations to form pharmacy and additional clinical accommodation; Including heath education room - change to approved drawings to include solar panels
Millwood Surgery, Pharmacy Mill Lane Bradwell NR31 8HS
Received 11 Mar 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0137/F
Proposed single storey rear, first floor front and garage extensions
12 Quay Ostend Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TP
Received 27 Mar 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0430/F
Extension to rear bedroom
15 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Jun 2005
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0193/F
Loft conversion with balcony
63 Yew Tree Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NZ
Received 14 Mar 2005
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/1181/F
Alterations and roof lift to form two residential apartments
1 Ridgeway Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Dec 2004
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0121/F
Proposed new bungalow and garage
Land to rear of 20 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3NH NR29 3NH
Received 6 Feb 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0508/F
GIS
20 Summerfield Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Jul 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0614/F
Sun lounge *
1 Norwich Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Aug 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0836/F
Internal alterations and extension *
Mill Farm Mill Lane Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LL
Received 20 Sept 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0934/F
GIS
91/92/93 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Nov 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0690/F
GIS
23 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DX
Received 14 Aug 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0161/F
GIS
Village Hall (adjacent) Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Feb 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0878/F
GIS
Regent Road (pavement west of) Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Oct 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0195/F
Loft conversion with dormer window
58 St Nicholas Drive Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QS
Received 7 Mar 1995
WITHDRAWN06/94/1066/F
Forty dwellings and garages
Burgh Road (off) Bradwell Great Yarmouth (east of Wilcon Homes dev't)
Received 21 Dec 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1093/F
Proposed smoking shelter
The Seadell Club St Thomas Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JE
Received 20 Dec 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0002/F
Rear single storey restaurant extension, two lobbies and alterations to front elevation
Summerfields Holiday Village Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 3 Jan 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0355/F
Renewal of PP:06/11/0607/F for portable cabin with parking area for selling of vehicles and admin. Two storage containers. Use of land for sales display & storage. Security lights & vehicle wash pad with associated drainage.
Sidegate Motors Ltd Gapton Hall Road (Parish of Bradwell) GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 26 May 2016
WITHDRAWN06/23/0452/PU
Application for Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development comprising: Proposed height of existing extension flat roof to be increased; alterations to car port; removal and alterations to windows; removal of two existing chimney stacks
16 Marine Close Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6HB
Received 9 Jun 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0632/F
GIS
44 North Road Footpath Cottage Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LD
Received 22 Jul 1997

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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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