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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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/17/0572/F

    Single storey rear extension

    10 Poplar Drive Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HU

    Received 5 Sept 2017
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0876/SU

    Renewal of planning permission

    Cunningham Avenue Playground Newtown Community Centre Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Oct 1994
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0135/F

    Construction of brick and tile porch

    143 Bells Marsh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PN NR31 6PN

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0601/F

    Replacement of existing ground floor front facade as part of bank refurbishment *

    137 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jul 1994
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0210/F

    Conversion of storage barn to one residential dwelling

    Oak Farm Barns Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AU

    Received 12 Apr 2013
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0962/HH

    Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension

    21 Claydon Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AT

    Received 13 Dec 2024
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0500/F

    Change of use from agricultural land to grazing land with rail and post fencing and manage

    Wick Lane (Land abutting) Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Aug 2013
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0443/BF

    Construction of timber mooring gangway (length 5.486 metres x 80 centimetres) *

    River Thurne Thurne Dyke Thurne Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Jun 2000
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0539/CU

    Change of use from hotel to dual use of hotel and house in multiple occupation

    32 Wellesley Road Chatsworth Hotel GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1EU

    Received 14 Aug 2015
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0957/F

    Extension to existing temporary modular building

    88 South Denes Road Offshore Design Engineering Ltd Marine Base Great Yarmouth NR30 3QF

    Received 15 Nov 2006
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0447/F

    Removal of brick wall adjacent Cliff Hill, construction of retaining wall within garden, creation of garden area with integrated parking incorporating lowered kerb

    40 Cliff Hill (front garden opp) Wooloomooloo Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DQ

    Received 3 Aug 2018
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0143/F

    First floor extension to side over garage

    57 Laurel Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Feb 1995
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0492/F

    Proposed alterations and change of use of workshops and office to form new three bedroom bungalow and garage

    114 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PG

    Received 28 Jul 2009
  14. Undecided06/24/0948/CD

    Discharge of Condition 36 of outline pp 06/13/0652/O (Hybrid permission for 850 dwellings, employment, school and local centre) relating to Phase 6 only (93 dwellings) - Condition 36: Details of proposed Construction Traffic Management Plan and Access Route.

    Land west of Woodfarm Lane (Bluebell Meadow) Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Dec 2024
  15. WITHDRAWN06/16/0569/F

    First floor infill of existing balcony to create sun room

    15 Marine Crescent GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4ET

    Received 24 Aug 2016
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0132/SU

    Beach amusement site for the purposes of operating sixteen trampolines and four power bungee jumps

    South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth (South Beach opposite Dickens Avenue)

    Received 19 Feb 2003
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0967/CU

    GIS

    Former Coats Viyella Unit Boundary Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Nov 1997
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0581/F

    Demolition of existing toilet block; Proposed side extension and alterations to the bar building to replace toilet facilities; Relocation of smoking shelter

    The Dolphin Bar Long Beach Estate Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JD

    Received 10 Jul 2023
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1024/F

    Formation of vehicular access to Lowestoft Road

    1 Poplar Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PW

    Received 25 Oct 2004
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0557/F

    Proposed new chalet bungalow and garage at land to rear of existing bungalow

    Back Path Rosebay (land rear of) Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BB

    Received 24 Aug 2015
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0945/F

    GIS

    12 Park Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Nov 1997
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0419/F

    GIS

    6 Swallow Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QT

    Received 28 May 1998
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0212/F

    Proposed conservatory to rear of property

    12 Bendish Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EE

    Received 6 Apr 2011
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0455/A

    Installation of 2 no new fascia signs and 1 no projecting sign

    114 Regent Road McDonald's Restaurant GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2AB

    Received 10 Jul 2015

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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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