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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/98/0477/F

    GIS

    34 Market Place Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jun 1998
  2. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/07/0019/F

    Demolition of sixteen ancillary garages & erection of seven x two storey social starter homes

    St Furseys Way Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 5 Jan 2007
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0687/F

    8 No. new two and three bedroom bungalows on land behind Walnut Tree Avenue

    Walnut Tree Avenue Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 2 Dec 2013
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0629/SU

    Ext. to gardens, brick walls, timber fence/gates,hard/soft landscaping to central road, drying areas & parking

    The Bleaches rear of Camden Road/Queens Road/ Havelock Road/Pier Place Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Jul 2000
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0124/F

    GIS

    12 Cliff Lane Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JY

    Received 19 Feb 1998
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0333/F

    Two-storey extension to rear +

    Flint Cottage Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Apr 2003
  7. APPROVED BY NCC06/03/1047/SU

    Extensions, partial demolition, internal alterations, hard and soft landscaping

    Breydon Middle School Moorland Way/ Waveney First School Bell Lane Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Nov 2003
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0414/F

    Proposed extension of dormer in roof to increase usable loft space; Addition of dormer window; Internal ground floor alterations with addition of window in utility room to rear

    73 Salisbury Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4LA

    Received 4 May 2021
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0873/CU

    Change of use to private language school *

    148 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PA

    Received 19 Sept 2003
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0503/F

    Proposed conservatory

    Plot 30 (2 Teulon Close) Lowestoft Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 27 Aug 2015
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0880/F

    GIS

    5 Caystreward Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Oct 1999
  12. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/00/0844/D

    Bungalow/office for security purposes *

    Field Farm Stud Low Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Oct 2000
  13. APPROVE06/12/0045/CD

    Discharge conditions 4 & 5 of Planning Permission 06/10/0433/F (change use residential house to three apartments) in respect of windows

    4 Paget Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DN

    Received 16 Jan 2012
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0469/F

    GIS

    Kwaheri Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jun 1999
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0089/F

    Conservatory extension

    25 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 24 Jan 2006
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0563/F

    Raise roof level to provide rooms in roof, replacement of rear addition and extension to bedroom *

    Shalimar Rectory Farm Low Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RE

    Received 11 Jun 2003
  17. APPROVE06/18/0536/PDE

    Proposed rear extension

    7 Marram Drive Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NR

    Received 13 Sept 2018
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0870/F

    Renewal of p.p. 06/91/0930/CU for conversion of first floor of three-storey nurses home to offices *

    James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 20 Nov 1996
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0746/F

    Conversion of flat roof garage to pitched roof garage

    29 Grange Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 6BA

    Received 9 Oct 2008
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0269/F

    Raising of ridge height and two front dormers to provide rooms in roof. Proposed rear extensions and garage

    Wymer The Craft Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AX

    Received 8 May 2018
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0724/CU

    Change of use from living accommodation to shop

    39a Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Sept 1995
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0519/HH

    Retrospective erection of ground floor rear and side extensions, first floor rear and side balcony terrace with retention of glazed screen to north elevation and 1.8m high screening to rear elevation (at variance to previous permission 06/17/0312/F); retention of shed on rear balcony

    19 Pavilion Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BY

    Received 19 Jun 2023
  23. WITHDRAWN06/05/0537/O

    Residential development

    14 Beach Road (Land at) Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jul 2005
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0882/F

    GIS

    82 Links Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 6JX

    Received 25 Oct 1999

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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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