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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/96/0491/A

    GIS

    51 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jul 1996
  2. NO OBJECTION06/12/0002/SU

    Demolition of Norse workshop and replacement with asphalt hard play area, raised planting beds and timber canopy

    Wroughton Junior School Burgh Road Gorleston NR31 8BD

    Received 4 Jan 2012
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/17/0450/A

    Signage and 2 lanterns

    176-177 High Street William Adams Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RG

    Received 19 Jul 2017
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/14/0102/A

    Replacement of the existing signage scheme

    Guinevere Road Captain Manby Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7RW

    Received 14 Feb 2014
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0496/F

    Proposed single storey rear/side extension

    2 Randall Close Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9RL

    Received 27 Aug 2019
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0096/F

    Single storey workshop

    Tech Safe Systems Limited Shuttleworth Close Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0NO

    Received 5 Feb 2008
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0113/F

    Retrospective application for a wooden garden shed

    33 Ormesby Road St Annes Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LA

    Received 24 Feb 2011
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0007/F

    Single storey rear extension - conservatory and store, and removal of garden shed. Resite oil storage tank *

    19 Coronation Avenue Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5EP

    Received 5 Jan 2000
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0570/F

    Internal alterations and provision of additional windows

    Morton Peto Road The Expro Group (Bradwell Parish) Great Yarmouth NR31 0LT

    Received 16 Sept 2013
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0308/HH

    Two storey rear, single storey side, and single storey front extensions

    207 El Alamein Way Bradwell NR31 8TX

    Received 20 Apr 2026
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0833/F

    Rear extension

    11 Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4LT NR29 4LT

    Received 29 Sept 2006
  12. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/25/0273/A

    Installation of double-sided digital displays presenting static advertising images which change every 10 seconds.

    Bus Shelter 3603-0108 Market Gates, Adjacent to no.34 Shopping Centre Great Yarmouth NR30 2AX

    Received 1 Apr 2025
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0410/F

    Alterations and extensions to enlarge kitchen and form dining area and bedroom with en-suite

    1 Ryelands Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4PN NR29 4PN

    Received 30 Apr 2007
  14. WITHDRAWN06/19/0233/O

    Replacement of existing changing rooms with new building, extending onto existing building

    Somerton Road Playing Field Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AW

    Received 23 Apr 2019
  15. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0937/CD

    Discharge of Condition 5 of pp 06/24/0762/F (Redevelopment of builders yard for the erection of three dwellings with garaging) ; Details of landscaping and planting strategy

    Land to the east of Manships Farm Cottage Main Road Ormesby

    Received 4 Nov 2025
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0727/F

    GIS

    16 Villarome Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Sept 1996
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0839/F

    Alterations, extension and conservatory *

    20 Springfield Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Sept 2003
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0896/F

    GIS

    31 Covent Garden Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SB

    Received 3 Nov 1997
  19. APPROVED BY NCC06/03/1066/SU

    Extensions and alterations

    Winterton First and Nursery School Black Street Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AP

    Received 12 Nov 2003
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0135/CU

    Cafe seating area and part amusement area +

    16/17 Lower Esplanade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BT

    Received 19 Feb 2001
  21. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/10/0236/CD

    Garage in front garden - Discharge of Condition 3 Re: Planning Permission 06/10/0070/F

    7 Browston Corner Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9DJ

    Received 19 Apr 2010
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0049/F

    Insertion of two roof windows to north roof slope

    144 Bells Marsh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PN

    Received 3 Feb 2015
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0892/HH

    Restoration of walls and roof to ancillary outbuilding, including infilled doorways, new doors and 4.no new rooflights (Part Retrospective).

    Brooklyn House 27 The Green Martham NR29 4PL

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0552/F

    Development of a Service Compound and a Vacuum Insulated Evaporator ancillary to the operation of James Paget University Hospital, together with associated drainage, access, footpaths, engineering and landscaping works.

    James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 4 Jul 2024

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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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