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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
29,577Searchable applications
231Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,675 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0508/F

    Extension to form kitchen and conservatory

    43 Gate House Thoroughfare Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3PL

    Received 11 Aug 2010
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0033/F

    Ground floor extension to provide level access to shower room and bedroom

    9 Swallow Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8QT

    Received 16 Jan 2009
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/1018/A

    GIS

    34 Market Place Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Dec 1999
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0632/BF

    GIS

    Filby Bridge Cottage Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jul 1999
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/1057/O

    Residential development

    5 Cliff Hill Mill House Gorleston (land adjacent)

    Received 21 Dec 1994
  6. REFUSED BY NCC06/94/1013/BF

    Infill with category 1 waste +

    Cliff House Farm off Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Dec 1994
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0876/VCF

    Variation of Condition 3 (Details of surveyed site levels and proposed finished ground and floor levels) of planning permission 06/20/0611/F (Erection of 3no. dwellings), to allow details of proposed site levels and finished floor levels to be submitted after the commencement of development, and for the development to be undertaken in accordance with those retrospectively-specified levels.

    32 St Hughs Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7NG

    Received 11 Nov 2024
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0543/F

    GIS

    10 Kennel Loke Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JU

    Received 28 Jun 1999
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/13/0657/F

    Demolition of sub-standard farmhouse and erection of larger family home. Conversion of existing agricultural barns to 5 no. residential dwellings

    Common Road Common Farm (Barns & House) Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Oct 2013
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0200/CU

    Change of use from guest house to dwellinghouse *

    105 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Mar 2000
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0339/O

    Proposed residential development (up to 200 dwellings) and open space/associated works including allotments

    Lowestoft Road (Land East of) Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9BD

    Received 31 May 2017
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0912/F

    GIS

    Matthews Int Transport Ltd Lefevre Way Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Nov 1999
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0372/F

    Two storey extension to rear

    2 Brotherton Way Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9UY

    Received 2 Jun 2015
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0817/F

    GIS

    Gapton Hall Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Oct 1997
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0810/HH

    Retrospective application for construction of open loggia and shed to the east side of the cottage

    6 Station Road South Belton With Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9JG

    Received 1 Nov 2023
  16. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0113/BA

    GIS

    Post Office Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Feb 1996
  17. PERMITTED DEV.06/01/0175/F

    Conservatory

    22 Rochford Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Mar 2001
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0582/HH

    Proposed detached double garage

    The Spinney Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HY

    Received 12 Jul 2023
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0374/F

    Erection of 21m high personnel training mast

    Derrick Services Ltd Shuttleworth Close Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NQ

    Received 22 Apr 2004
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0641/F

    Replacement of existing portacabintype office with larger unit & placement of new welding shelter/store within the boundaries of the site

    Gardline Geosciences Ltd Salmon Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3QS

    Received 29 Aug 2008
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0803/CU

    GIS

    Hopton Gdn Centre/Cane Craft Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Sept 1999
  22. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0791/F

    Alterations, extensions and roof lift to private dwelling

    13 Kingston Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5ET NR30 5ET

    Received 7 Oct 2005
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0547/F

    Minor alterations and extension to form additional toilet accommodation etc on ground floor *

    13 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BA

    Received 28 Jun 1994
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0797/F

    Proposed change of use from retail (use class Ea) to residential (class C3); Single storey rear extension and associated alterations to front elevation and fenestration; Removal of garage and construction of replacement car port.

    210 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RR

    Received 29 Oct 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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