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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE06/11/0107/CD
Conversion of existing stable block and garage/workshop building to a 4 bedroom detached house, change of use of agricultural land on east boundary to garden land to increase the area of garden for the conversion - Discharge of Conditions 4, 11 & 12 Re: PP 06/10/0791/F
64 North Road Ormesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3LE
Received 3 Mar 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0691/F
Six foot curved brick wall with gates *
Castle Lodge Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5EH
Received 11 Aug 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0514/F
GIS
18 Wren Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JW
Received 17 Jun 1999
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/04/0480/A
Three flagpoles each carrying one 8' x 2' fixed signs bearing name of park
Elm Beach Caravan Park Manor Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 26 May 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0321/F
Proposed cattle shed
Pine Farm Station Road North Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9NW
Received 10 Jul 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0521/F
Conservatory *
13 Rockall Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5UD
Received 12 Jun 2002
CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0162/CD
Discharge of Condition 3 of pp 06/24/0921/LB (Alterations to facilitate conversion of 4no. 1 bedroom flats into 2no. 1 bedroom flats) : Details of external extract grilles
13 Camperdown Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB
Received 27 Feb 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0551/F
Proposed extension, raising of roof to form accommodation with balcony. Replacement garage with workshop on upper floor
Fairways River Way Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9NR
Received 24 Aug 2017
WITHDRAWN06/96/0462/CU
GIS
Fritton Lake Countryworld Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HA
Received 21 Jun 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0133/F
Development of 4 no.houses with detached garages and parking
New House (Land adj) Rollesby Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AR
Received 27 Feb 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0851/F
GIS
Cooke House Morton Peto Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Oct 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0596/F
GIS
West Flegg Middle School Black Street Martham
Received 6 Aug 1996
APPROVED BY NCC06/11/0465/SU
Proposed single storey extension to extend hydrotherapy pool, pool suite including ambulant changing areas and wc's and the existing staff room
John Grant School St Georges Drive Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QW
Received 27 Jul 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0167/F
GIS
9c Logic House Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LS
Received 3 Mar 1997
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0794/F
Variation of condition 2 of 6/80/12/CU to allow opening until 3.00 am Friday, Saturday and Bank Holidays +
70 High Street Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Sept 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0481/F
Replace flat roof to garage, car port and annexe with pitched roof *
5 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SA
Received 22 May 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0219/F
Retrospective application for replacement porch
23 Barnard Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DX
Received 15 Apr 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/1020/F
Kitchen extension, porch and replacement of part of flat roof area with pitched roof
1 Worcester Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Dec 1995
ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/98/0087/A
GIS
8 South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2QN
Received 9 Feb 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0184/F
New conservatory at rear of type 'B' houses *
Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Feb 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0023/F
Proposed new attached dwelling on land adj. to 1 Somerville Avenue with new detached garage and vehicular access off St Benets Road; new vehicular access for no 1 off Somerville Avenue
1 Somerville Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7NW
Received 11 Jan 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0514/VCF
Removal of Condition 6 (highway improvement works) of pp. 06/19/0450/F (conversion of former doctors surgery to 11x flats)
35-36 South Quay Surgery South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
Received 22 Jun 2026
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0569/F
Conversion of semi-detached house into two flats
18 High Mill Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0DQ
Received 31 Aug 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0884/VCF
Removal of condition 1 of pp. 06/15/0733/F (conversion of existing garage to kitchen and toilets; siting of modular building for use as community workshops) - to allow permanent use/siting of the modular building
Former Waterworks storage and Pipeyard St Peter's Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 2LN
Received 5 Oct 2022

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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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