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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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0541/CD

    Discharge of condition 6 of 06/20/0245/F - 'Alterations to site - reconfiguration of click and collect area; Erection of McDonald's restaurant with drive through facility; Car parking and associated works' As approved 24.08.2020 Remediation strategy and verification plan

    McDonald's Restuarant Asda Carpark Runham Vauxhall GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1SF

    Received 22 Jun 2021
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0670/F

    Proposed granny annexe at land to rear of 28 Garnham Road

    28 Garnham Road (rear of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PB

    Received 18 Oct 2011
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0982/O

    Two detached elderly persons bungalows

    Common Road Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Oct 2004
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0948/F

    General and utility room to rear of existing garage

    18 Beach Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Oct 2003
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0072/F

    Proposed alterations and extensions to existing dwelling

    Marshlands, Main Road Billockby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BG

    Received 5 Feb 2014
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0820/F

    Proposed first floor extension at rear over kitchen

    34 Englands Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 6BE

    Received 17 Sept 2007
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0065/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    35 Pound Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7QX

    Received 31 Jan 2019
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0651/F

    Alterations to front elevation of building and insertion of additional flues & replacement of existing roof

    Swanstons Road (former bakery premises) Great Yarmouth NR30 5NQ

    Received 2 Sept 2008
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0557/CU

    Change of use from guest house to dwelling house *

    3 Camperdown Great Yarmouth NR30 3JB

    Received 18 Jul 2001
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0101/O

    Thirteen two- and three- storey, two and three bedroomed dwellings

    37 Albion Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Feb 2005
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0532/F

    Extension to front of garage

    44 Orwell Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NZ

    Received 16 Aug 2011
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0810/O

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/99/0677/O for bungalow and garage *

    Bush Road off Edward Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Sept 2002
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1101/HH

    Proposed single storey rear extension; conversion of garage to playroom and raising of garage flat roof height and insertion of roof lantern; new cladding to the front extension

    9 Longfellow Road Caister-on-sea Great Yarmout Norfolk NR30 5RG

    Received 22 Dec 2022
  14. Not proceeded with06/24/0114/F

    Erection of 2 semi detached properties with garages and off road parking as previously approved scheme - 06/19/0661/F

    Ivy House Burnt Lane Great Yarmouth NR31 0PA

    Received 13 Feb 2024
  15. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/06/0104/CC

    Demolition of asbestos garage to provide for the erection of brick and tile garage in same position

    Winterton Fish Bar, Beach Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 30 Jan 2006
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0616/F

    GIS

    135 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jul 1998
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0597/F

    Two-storey extension to side +

    35 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jul 2002
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0367/O

    GIS

    19 Rollesby Road (land adjo) Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 May 1997
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0607/F

    Proposed side and rear extension

    14 Hertford Way Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7LH

    Received 30 Oct 2018
  20. EST/LAW USE CER.06/25/0053/PU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development for the erection of a single storey rear extension.

    24 Victory Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9GA

    Received 22 Jan 2025
  21. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/13/0611/CD

    Partial demolition of flat roofed extension at rear. Conversion of existing flat into two flats. Use of warehouse spaces as artists' studios and shop as art gallery - discharge of condition 3 Re: PP 06/12/0721/F & 06/12/0722/LB

    133 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 5 Nov 2013
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0640/F

    Installation of 1 temporary refrigerated (40ft) container (between 1st November and 31st January annually)

    Unit G Purley Court Gapton Hall Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0LZ NR31 0LZ

    Received 27 Sept 2016
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0829/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/06/0819/F for use of playing field for markets/car boot sales

    Playing Field Waters Lane Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NH

    Received 7 Nov 2008
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0049/F

    Rear and side extensions and garage

    10 Belstead Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Jan 2004

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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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