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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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

  1. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/06/0492/D

    Demolish existing buildings and construct 4 starter homes

    Rear of 6 Gordon Terrace off Crown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 26 May 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0780/F

    Proposed rear single storey extension

    10 Oak Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NG

    Received 9 Dec 2011
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0336/F

    White pvcu Edwardian conservatory *

    53 Lynn Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AR

    Received 8 Apr 2003
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0229/O

    Erection of four single storey dwellings

    31 Yarmouth Road (Rear of) Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 10 Mar 2006
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0368/HH

    Single-storey ground floor front extension and single-storey rear extension.

    2 Germander Court Bradwell NR31 8SN

    Received 5 May 2026
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0415/F

    Single storey rear extension to provide ground floor shower room

    89 Century Road Cobholm GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0BS

    Received 4 Jul 2017
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0002/CU

    Change of use - land to garden and erection of 1.8 metre fence - retrospective

    55 Durham Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7HF NR31 7HF

    Received 4 Jan 2017
  8. ADV. REFUSAL (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/97/0630/A

    GIS

    31 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0DT

    Received 21 Jul 1997
  9. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/21/0916/F

    Retrospective permission for erection of fence

    2 Waterland Close Caister-on-sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5TL

    Received 1 Nov 2021
  10. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0141/F

    Extension to existing members car park

    Gorleston Golf Club 21 Warren Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JT NR31 6JT

    Received 1 Mar 2016
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0399/F

    Amendment to pp 06/19/0184/F 1) Revised single storey side extension; 2) Replacement of windows; 3) Alteration of materials for front and rear elevation

    39 Selwyn Drive Belton Belton With Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9LP

    Received 3 Aug 2020
  12. WITHDRAWN06/00/0394/A

    Direction signs *

    Martham Road Hemsby and Winterton Road East Somerton Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 May 2000
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1068/F

    Retention of PVCU windows & installation of timber doors

    Crystal Inn 1 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 21 Dec 2006
  14. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0136/A

    Replacement and new signage

    Wilkinson Store 15 Market Gates Shopping Centre Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AX

    Received 27 Feb 2012
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/04/0161/A

    Illuminated fascia signs and projecting sign

    8 Bell Lane One-Stop Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LD

    Received 20 Feb 2004
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/1003/F

    Demolition of cottage and erection of new house and garage

    Tulip Cottage Old Coast Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Dec 1997
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0974/F

    GIS

    144 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Dec 1996
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0806/F

    Single storey pitched roof rear extension

    22 Shearwater Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9UL

    Received 23 Dec 2010
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0367/F

    Single storey side extension

    10 King Georges Avenue Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5EN

    Received 5 May 2021
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0320/F

    Material amendment to application 06/11/0428/F - provide a new driveway access, additional window to first floor rear elevation, replace utility room window with door and install door and window to rear of garage instead of garage door

    The Gardens Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 May 2012
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0202/F

    Proposed garage conversion

    36A Belstead Avenue Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BB

    Received 21 Mar 2018
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0507/F

    Extension to living area, construction of covered way and garden store +

    27 Coxswain Read Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AW

    Received 28 Jun 2001
  23. WITHDRAWN06/08/0186/F

    Single storey side and rear extensions

    33 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 4 Mar 2008
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0061/F

    Conversion of Net House to residential dwelling including an extension

    The Old Net House 22 Bulmer Lane Winterton on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AF

    Received 23 Jan 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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