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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/Reasons06/05/0532/F

    New shop front with brick to approx 1100 mm high and disabled access ramp with barriers

    148 Bells Road Foster Clinic Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jun 2005
  2. WITHDRAWN06/13/0234/F

    Development of six three bedroom detached houses and garages;- Change of use of land

    The Green (Land South of) Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PA

    Received 27 Apr 2013
  3. NO OBJECTION06/99/0778/M

    GIS

    Baker Oil Tools Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Sept 1999
  4. Not proceeded with06/25/0276/F

    Replacement of existing external log fire escape with new spiral stairs

    Pier Hotel Gorleston NR31 6PL

    Received 3 Apr 2025
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0499/BF

    New garage

    Ashley Chapel Corner West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Jun 1995
  6. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/09/0268/F

    Demolition of two existing cottages and stable block. Erection of two detached residential cottages with garages

    Scratby Hall Farm Cottages Scratby Hall Farm Scratby Road, Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PQ

    Received 23 Apr 2009
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1204/SU

    Change of use from public access (to Mill Lane Rec Ground) to extension of domestic curtilage

    37 and 39 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth (access way between)

    Received 16 Dec 2004
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0031/F

    Proposed extension

    70 Brooke Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 8 Jan 2007
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0593/O

    Two three-bedroomed bungalows

    Brentwood (adjacent) St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JT

    Received 2 Jul 2002
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0929/CU

    Change of use to offices and general industrial (internal changes - non-structural) *

    Former Tristar Garage South Denes Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Nov 2000
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0002/F

    Alterations to form room in roof space

    14 Winifred Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Jan 1995
  12. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/22/0401/CD

    Discharge of conditions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of pp. 06/21/0538/F - site levels, materials, surface water, landscaping, bird boxes

    Sea Haven 29 The Esplanade Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NZ

    Received 7 Apr 2022
  13. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0954/A

    GIS

    4/5 Hall Quay Quay House Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Dec 1996
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0147/F

    Two-storey side and front extensions and front entrance porch

    12 Wight Drive Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Feb 2004
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0545/F

    Front extension to existing garage

    19 The Pastures Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HF

    Received 22 Aug 2017
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0688/O

    Erection of bungalow +

    Holly Cottage The Street Runham Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Sept 2001
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0066/F

    Granny annexe extension and conservatory extension +

    14 Marine Crescent Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jan 2000
  18. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/21/0986/TCA

    Proposed felling of dead Walnut Tree (T1)

    Stone Cottage The Street Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4EU

    Received 1 Dec 2021
  19. WITHDRAWN06/22/0983/CU

    Proposed use of the playing field for car boot sales on 28 Saturdays in any year between 06:00 and 13:30

    Rollesby Playing Field Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5EH

    Received 15 Nov 2022
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0658/F

    Variation of Condition 2 of the deemed planning permission granted by virtue of Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the existing Site Licence dated 16th January 1980, ref: BF116155700, to remove the existing seasonal-occupancy period restriction which limits occupation to use only by caravans for holiday purposes from the 20th March to 31st October in any year, and instead allow year-long occupation of caravans for holiday purposes.

    Long Beach Park Kings Loke Hemsby NR29 4JD

    Received 8 Aug 2025
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0374/CU

    Conversion of a grass area at rear of Church into a car park area

    Bradwell Methodist Church Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QW

    Received 8 May 2008
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0196/F

    Extension to form utility, shower/wc and study

    41 Bramble Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PE

    Received 2 Mar 2004
  23. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/18/0026/D

    Approval of reserved matters application for 184 dwellings at Phase 3 - Approved under 06/13/0652/O

    Wheatcroft Farm Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH (Land at South Bradwell)

    Received 12 Jan 2018
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0983/F

    Rebuild two-storey rear extension to both properties

    63 and 64 Havelock Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3HR

    Received 20 Oct 2003

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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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