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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

NO OBJECTION06/26/0636/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation Area: T1 (Sweet Chestnut) - Reduce and reshape the western canopy encroaching towards the dwelling by up to 2 metres.
Somerton Hall, Horsey Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DR
Received 3 Aug 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0350/F
Construction of detached garage with timber fencing
281 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JW
Received 28 Jun 2018
WITHDRAWN06/23/0322/F
Proposed partial demolition and re-development of existing commercial units to provide 8no. 1 & 2 bedroom flats over two storeys, including retention, conversion and extension of 1no. existing building and associated alterations and external works.
5A Ormond Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QB
Received 17 Apr 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0225/CU
Use of land for outdoor seating area
58 Regent Road Britannia Great Yarmouth NR30 2AL
Received 14 Apr 2010
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0549/F
Proposed construction of a detached house and car port
25 Whinchat Way (land adj) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SD
Received 25 Sept 2018
DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/08/0644/M
Proposed building for the storage of grain and machinery
Common Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 29 Aug 2008
WITHDRAWN06/07/1089/F
Electricity voltage regulator substation site
Kings Loke Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 19 Dec 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0304/F
GIS
4 Martham Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LS
Received 15 Apr 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0627/F
Proposed change of use and conversion of existing guest house to form 2 no. maisonettes with associated alterations
Shemara Guest House 11 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AR
Received 31 Jul 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0695/F
Laundry room extension +
76/77 Avondale Road The Poplars Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Aug 1994
WITHDRAWN06/19/0647/A
Installation of 2 fascia signs and 2 projecting signs
3-7 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2BB
Received 18 Nov 2019
NO OBJECTION06/07/0236/SU
Resiting of 1 double & 1 single mobile classroom for period of 1 year to facilitate building project
Great Yarmouth High School Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4LS NR30 4LS
Received 6 Mar 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0324/F
Proposed detached summer room
7 Long Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PP
Received 10 Jun 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1008/O
House and garage
120 Burgh Road (adjacent) Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Dec 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0542/F
GIS
57 Market Place Greenacre Butchers Great Yarmouth NR30 1WU
Received 24 Jun 1997
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0721/F
Partial demolition of sub-standard rear extensions. Proposed new two storey and single storey extensions
29 Elm Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7PL
Received 30 Nov 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0723/F
Proposed rear extension and pitched roof over side extension and existing garage
12 Mallard Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JJ
Received 18 Dec 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0380/F
Single storey front extension to form WC
10 Amhurst Gardens Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PH
Received 15 Jun 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1063/F
Demolish & rebuild rear
29 Duncan Road Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Dec 1994
Not proceeded with06/23/0922/NMA
TBC - Condition 3 of pp 06/23/0190/F - TBC showing caravan, drive way for at least 2 cars and turning area to face vehicles to front of drive way and a concrete pad for the waste bins
San Toi, Bungalow At St Marys Road Hemsby NR29 4JJ
Received 20 Dec 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0228/BF
First floor extension over existing garage
4 River Walk Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Mar 1995
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0367/A
GIS
Tesco Store Church Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 1PL
Received 14 May 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0843/F
Provision of conservatory
Little Acorns Childrens Respite Home Castle Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 28 Oct 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0072/F
Extension to lifeboat house for use as plant and equipment store
Lifeboat House Beach Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Jan 1995

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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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