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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0728/F

    Change of use three bedroomed dwelling to two self contained flats

    1C Manby Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 2 Oct 2008
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0119/F

    Proposed concrete sectional garage

    118 Green Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8QE

    Received 2 Mar 2017
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0068/F

    GIS

    18 Mallard Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jan 1998
  4. EST/LAW USE CER.06/98/0431/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of existing use for staff caravans*

    Beach Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 May 1998
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0546/F

    Retrospective application for erection of conservatory to rear

    23 Anglian Way Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9DB

    Received 18 Aug 2009
  6. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/21/0253/A

    Proposed installation of 1no. internally illuminated fascia sign (text only), 1no halo illuminated wall sign and 2no. strips of neon flex lighting

    Unit 2 Gapton Hall Road Retail Park (East) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0NL

    Received 29 Mar 2021
  7. NO OBJECTION06/04/0707/MM

    Instal 15m monopole, six antennae, one 600mm & one 300mm dia microwave dish, 2 radio equip cabs & ancill dev

    Hollies Farm Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QP

    Received 19 Jul 2004
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0443/F

    Form shower room in roof space

    36 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DH

    Received 5 Jul 2012
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0384/F

    Two storey extension to rear of house to provide additional living space

    3 Seafield Road South Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LD

    Received 22 Jun 2010
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0385/F

    Demolish 66 accommodation units and 3 houses: construct 54 additional bases, and infrastructure: construct of Go Active building/car park: retrospective consent for part demolition and refurbish main entertainment complex, construct high ropes course, climbing wall and car park

    Hemsby Beach Holiday Park (Seacroft) Beach Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HR

    Received 5 Jul 2019
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0104/F

    Change of use from residential home for the elderly to residential dwelling

    Avon House 48 Avondale Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Feb 2009
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0198/F

    Two storey side extension, single storey side extension, new porch to front & new single storey rear extension

    1A Nova Scotia Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QD

    Received 28 Mar 2011
  13. NO OBJECTION06/25/0346/SU

    Highway improvement works including widening access from North Drive, revised vehicular access with new ramp, alterations to existing existing car parking layout, mini-roundabout, new pedestrian path and gates, new netball court and soft and hard landscaping

    North Denes Primary School Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4HF

    Received 30 Apr 2025
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0236/F

    Proposed change of roof from flat to pitched roof

    Swallow Barn (Adj) 6 Blanks Close, Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JF

    Received 19 Apr 2012
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0773/F

    Proposed rear single storey extension

    21 Easterley Way Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LB

    Received 2 Dec 2011
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0886/F

    New bedroom in roof *

    22 Berry Close Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NU

    Received 9 Oct 2002
  17. OBJECTION06/06/0450/MM

    Instal 12.5m telecom pole incorporating 3 antennae and equipment cabinets

    Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 15 May 2006
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0077/F

    Proposed single storey front extension

    19 The Pastures Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HF

    Received 25 Jan 2016
  19. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0526/PDE

    Notification of a larger home extension - Single storey rear extension

    14 Buxton Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HG

    Received 11 Aug 2017
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0079/F

    Proposed erection pair of three bedroom semi-detached houses

    Stradbroke and Lowestoft Road (land at junction of) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 2 Feb 2018
  21. PERMITTED DEV.06/15/0044/PDC

    Details of prior approval - Change of use from office to residential

    22 Church Plain GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1NE

    Received 26 Jan 2015
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0786/F

    Alterations and extensions to reception offices *

    Caister Beach Holiday Park Branford Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Sept 1994
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0184/F

    Conversion of a redundant rural building into a two bedroom dwelling

    Church Farm Barn Lane Runham Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3EF

    Received 16 Mar 2017
  24. NO OBJECTION06/12/0371/MM

    GPDO part 24 application - one BT Broadband Cabinet

    O/S Mast Police Station Howard Street North The Conge Great Yarmouth, NR30 1PH

    Received 8 Jun 2012

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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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