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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
225Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,706 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,822 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/96/0179/O

    Demolition of three dwellings and construction of six new dwellings and garages

    38 Manor Brae & Links Rd (bet) Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Mar 1996
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0266/F

    Erection of storage tanks within existing bunded enclosures

    Gas House Quay Southtown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 7 Apr 2005
  3. WITHDRAWN06/08/0192/F

    New portal framed and steel clad industrial building

    Former Power Station Site South Denes Road/ Swanston Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Mar 2008
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0649/F

    Change of use of two barns into four units of residential accommodation.

    Valley Farm Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Aug 1999
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0343/F

    Erection of conservatory *

    Sonning High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL

    Received 1 May 2001
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/15/0435/F

    Rear extension and increase in roof height to provide first floor accommodation

    39 Second Avenue Les Closios Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NW

    Received 6 Jul 2015
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0024/F

    Demolition of shop front and replace with new shop front *

    42 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Jan 2000
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0396/F

    GIS

    20 Gaywood Close Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 May 1998
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0733/F

    GIS

    31/33 Damgate Lane (adjacent) Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Sept 1999
  10. WITHDRAWN06/95/0116/CU

    Change of use to single residential dwelling

    25 South Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Feb 1995
  11. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/17/0035/A

    Fascia signage

    97 Blackfriars Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3BZ

    Received 20 Jan 2017
  12. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0120/A

    Proposed illuminated office signage

    Oswald House Southtown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 15 Feb 2008
  13. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0707/A

    Retrospective application two free-standing advert boards

    10 White Street Durban House Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PQ

    Received 11 Nov 2015
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0115/F

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 06/18/0337/F - Additional window in side elevation and amend roof line to match existing

    11 Jasmine Green Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8EZ

    Received 25 Feb 2019
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0315/O

    Detached two bedroom bungalow on land currently forming part of 2 Misburgh Way

    2 Misburgh Way Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9RU NR31 9RU

    Received 28 Mar 2007
  16. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/26/0442/CD

    Discharge of deemed BNG condition of pp. 06/24/0756/F (Construction of hard surfacing to extend the existing car park) - Submission of a Biodiversity Gain Plan.

    Fleggburgh Village Hall Main Road Fleggburgh NR29 3AG

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0736/F

    Extension to offices

    Stan Chem International Ltd Viking Road Gapton Hall Ind.Estate (Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Nov 2011
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0554/F

    Extension to enlarge lounge area *

    10 Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jun 1994
  19. PERMITTED DEV.06/18/0401/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - Proposed single storey rear extension

    2 Queensway Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AF

    Received 5 Jul 2018
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0448/O

    Sub-division of garden to form plot for detached bungalow and garage

    15 Crab Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DJ

    Received 6 Aug 2018
  21. WITHDRAWN06/19/0560/F

    Removal of condition 2 of Planning Permission BF.13241 in respect of agricultural occupancy

    Four Acres Back Lane West Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5ST

    Received 1 Oct 2019
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0299/F

    Proposed first floor rear extension and a single storey rear extension

    262 Beccles Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8AH

    Received 13 Apr 2021
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0871/F

    Bedroom extension with ensuite to give invalid facilities and wheelchair access from parked car to extension entrance

    53 Longbeach Estate Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4JD NR29 4RD

    Received 9 Nov 2005
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0098/F

    Garden wall to form entrance to replace picket fence

    Rectory House Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RA

    Received 7 Feb 2005

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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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