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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 · 23,695 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,811 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0315/F

    Proposed sub-division of garden to form single plot and construction of detached bungalow

    Sunny View The Craft Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AX

    Received 12 May 2011
  2. WITHDRAWN06/05/0141/A

    One internally illuminated fascia, one bus stop sign, three posters, trough lighting and one 'cash' sign

    150 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7EQ

    Received 22 Feb 2005
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0752/O

    Proposed new dwelling

    Kontiki (adjacent to) Wapping Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JY

    Received 22 Aug 2007
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0439/O

    Three and a half storey apartment building (fourteen units) with associated access and off-street parking

    Richard Peters Car Sales Acle New Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1SE

    Received 14 May 2007
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0576/CU

    Change of use from A1 to bedsit +

    83 North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1JF

    Received 17 Jun 2003
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0172/F

    Alterations and change of use of existing two storey building. Existing use offices and therapy rooms to become offices on ground floor with self-contained 2 bedroom flat on first floor

    6 Queen Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2QP

    Received 21 Mar 2018
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0503/F

    Retrospective application for erection of fence

    22A White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PQ

    Received 19 Aug 2013
  8. WITHDRAWN06/25/1085/F

    Installation of a non-illuminated 16m x 4.5m framed PVC advertisement, with display mounted within an aluminium frame fixed to the facade. (Full application linked to associated advertisement consent application 06/25/1034/A).

    Market Gates Shopping Centre A Market Gates Great Yarmouth NR30 2BG

    Received 16 Dec 2025
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0523/F

    GIS

    115 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jun 1998
  10. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/14/0823/CD

    Redevelopment of existing public house to two dwellings and outbuilding to one dwelling. subdivision of rear land to two dwelllings - discharge of conditions 3 & 13 re: planning permission 06/14/0576/F

    Fox and Hounds Public House Thrigby Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HJ

    Received 22 Dec 2014
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0030/CU

    Change of use from agricultural to equine grazing +

    Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jan 2000
  12. WITHDRAWN06/99/1003/O

    GIS

    Wellington Road Great Yarmouth (garage site rear of Carlton Hotel)

    Received 13 Dec 1999
  13. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0315/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - bedroom extension

    7 Gedge Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5LR

    Received 17 May 2017
  14. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/14/0824/M

    Demolition of The Hollies, Hollies Bungalow, Ivy House & The Willows

    The Hollies, Addison Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PA

    Received 22 Dec 2014
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0191/F

    Alterations to form utility room and music room

    16 The Fairway Gorleston on Sea (Parish of Hopton) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 21 Feb 2006
  16. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0888/CD

    Discharge of Condition 19 of pp 06/22/0546/F (Erection of 41 no. dwellings and associated infrastructure) - Details of proposed hard landscaping scheme including levels, boundary treatments, tree protection features, fencing, paving and surfacing

    Land north of Scratby Road Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Nov 2024
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0712/F

    Proposed annexe for autistic son to rear of house

    3 Cotman Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9RE

    Received 9 Aug 2007
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0650/F

    Erection of 3' fence with gravel boards and posts +

    12 Quay Ostend Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TP

    Received 28 Jul 2000
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0464/HH

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    8 Gloucester Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7LT

    Received 23 Jun 2023
  20. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/09/0189/LB

    Alterations and repairs

    1-3 South Quay Row 76 & Row 83 Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH

    Received 19 Mar 2009
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0096/TRE

    T1 - Beech Tree - crown reduction by 3m (when measured from branch tips) from sides and tips back to nearest growth point

    Beech Tree Lodge 39A Church Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8QW

    Received 31 Jan 2022
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0690/F

    Garden shed (6' x 4')

    203 The Marrams Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JN

    Received 20 Jul 2004
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0522/F

    Single storey rear extension

    1A Marine Parade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DP

    Received 15 Sept 2015
  24. PERMITTED DEV.06/15/0158/PDE

    Notification of a proposed larger home extension - Garden room

    77 Station Road South Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9LZ

    Received 10 Apr 2015

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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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