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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20,811 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/08/0691/CU

    Change of use to mixed use of retail (goods & works of art) and coffee shop on ground floor with associated offices and storage on ground and first floors

    175 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RG

    Received 18 Sept 2008
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0388/F

    Installation of an automated teller machine *

    Great Yarmouth Station Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1AA

    Received 29 Apr 2002
  3. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/04/0391/LB

    Change of use hotel to two dwellings (refurbishment and removal of flat roof rear extension)

    45/46 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JA

    Received 28 Apr 2004
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0785/CU

    Change of use of first floor into a 2 bed apartment

    18A Southgates Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LJ

    Received 21 Dec 2017
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0544/CU

    Change of use from residential to guest house

    17 Nelson Road North Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Jul 2005
  6. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/18/0158/CD

    Demolition of two single garages and erection of three, two storey three bed houses - Discharge of conditions 3, 4 & 5 re: PP 06/17/0589/F

    Tollgate Court GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JU

    Received 2 Mar 2018
  7. Accept Amend Notice06/21/1026/NMA

    Non-material amendment of planning permission 06/19/0471/F - General arrangements - construction detail changes to louvre profiles and roof-top plant

    Marina Centre Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2ER

    Received 21 Dec 2021
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/1018/F

    20m telecommunications tower incorp 6 antennae/2 equipment cabinets located within 6m x 6m timber post compound

    Cley Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9JF

    Received 4 Dec 2006
  9. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/20/0002/D

    Reserved Matters application for residential development comprising 125 dwellings and associated works (Phase 4)

    Wheatcroft Farm (Land at) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH (Land at South Bradwell)

    Received 7 Jan 2020
  10. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/22/0101/PDE

    Prior approval - notification of larger home extension - single storey rear extension

    28 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6AZ

    Received 9 Feb 2022
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0540/F

    Two storey extension to side & rear elevations. Single storey extension to front & rear

    41 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NS

    Received 21 Jul 2008
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0575/F

    Porch *

    133 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jul 2000
  13. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0855/A

    Fascia signs and projecting sign

    46 High Street Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5EP

    Received 26 Nov 2008
  14. WITHDRAWN06/15/0671/LB

    Change of use - Hotel basement restaurant to self-contained flat linked to hotel

    5 Albert Square Mayfair Hotel GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3JH

    Received 26 Oct 2015
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0332/A

    2 internally illuminated fascia panels and 1 internally illuminated projecting sign

    139 High Street Barclays Bank Plc Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RA

    Received 5 Jun 2013
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0635/F

    Change of use of retail premises to residential adjoining main house and the demolition and replacement of the detached garage

    8-10 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JR

    Received 6 Nov 2019
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0058/F

    First floor extension to form bedroom over kitchen

    24 Caister Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DE

    Received 22 Jan 2008
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0166/HH

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    15 Paget Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7RP

    Received 28 Feb 2023
  19. NO OBJECTION06/00/0118/M

    GDO Part 24 application - erection of 8m freestanding post and associated 0.98 cubic metre equipment cabin *

    Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth (highway verge adja The Arches) NR31 8DJ

    Received 16 Feb 2000
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0220/CU

    Change of use from shop to dry cleaners and laundrette

    5/6 Middle Market Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DT NR30 2DT

    Received 1 Mar 2006
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0804/F

    GIS

    Shellane Old Chapel Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Sept 1999
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0070/CU

    Change of use from A1 to A5

    The Candy Cabin Anchor Gardens, Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 27 Jan 2015
  23. NO OBJECTION06/24/0556/TEL

    Proposed installation 1 x 10m light wooden pole

    S/o 36 Manor Way Ormesby NR29 3RG

    Received 5 Jul 2024
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0033/A

    GIS

    Burgh Castle Marina/Caravan Pk Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jan 1998

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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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