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20,822 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0630/F

    Proposed siting of caravan in rear garden for family member to live in

    6 Ormesby Lane Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HX

    Received 19 Nov 2018
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0050/F

    Proposed new chalet bungalow with granny annexe

    Landscape (land to rear of) New Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HR

    Received 27 Jan 2014
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0464/F

    Four bedroom three storey house with integral garage

    36 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3NH NR29 3NH

    Received 22 May 2007
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0593/F

    Proposed side extension and conservatory

    17 Saxon Gardens Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5AH

    Received 14 Sept 2015
  5. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0078/A

    One arrow headed sign

    Junction of Repps Road & A149 Repps Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 30 Jan 2013
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0704/F

    GIS

    Elm Beach Caravan Park Manor Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5HG

    Received 7 Sept 1998
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0497/F

    Erection of two stables, tack room and haystore on 'pony paddock'

    Fairfields (Rear of) Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS NR31 9QS

    Received 6 Aug 2010
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0277/F

    GIS

    12 The Avenue Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Apr 1997
  9. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0866/A

    GIS

    Costcutter Bridge Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HH

    Received 15 Nov 1996
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0489/F

    Childrens beach soccer club +

    Site 2 The Beach off The Esplanade Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 May 2003
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0164/F

    Detached garage and revised boundary treatments *

    Old Thatch Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Feb 2001
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0689/F

    Proposed conservatory to rear of property.

    57 Heather Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Aug 2007
  13. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/23/0635/LB

    Proposed retention of timber cladding attached to rear elevation of hotel (retrospective)

    The Grange Hotel Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3QG

    Received 15 Aug 2023
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0538/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/07/0685/F for secure lock up market type stall for retail sales of souvenirs

    104 & 105 Regent Road (Site Between) Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 4 Sept 2012
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0494/F

    Polytunnel for sheep housing *

    Highfield Farm Heath Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HJ

    Received 10 Jun 1994
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0359/F

    GIS

    Seashore Holiday Centre North Drive Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Apr 1999
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0011/HH

    Proposed porch extension to front elevation; Mono roof over front bay window

    77 Westerley Way Caister-on-sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5AP

    Received 6 Jan 2022
  18. APPROVED BY NCC06/96/0136/SU

    Retention of prefabricated offices for further 3 years (renewal of permission P/6/92/0920)

    Tar Works Road Great Yarmouth (County Council Area Offices)

    Received 16 Feb 1996
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1160/F

    Raise fence on west boundary; new conservatory; extension to kitchen and dining room

    Hafan Back Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Dec 2004
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0028/F

    Proposed single storey lounge and garage extension

    1 Plane Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8EG NR31 8EG

    Received 4 Jan 2006
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1102/F

    Proposed restoration of existing iron railings, removal of recessed area and new section of concrete plinth wall to match existing

    St Nicholas Priory C Of E Primary School St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1NL

    Received 22 Dec 2022
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0556/F

    Partial replacement of garden wall to road frontage

    139 Yarmouth Road The Gables Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 3QG

    Received 26 Aug 2011
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0367/F

    First floor extension to form bedroom with en-suite and dressing room and ground floor alterations

    221 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JH

    Received 21 Apr 2004
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0859/F

    Single storey rear kitchen extension

    11 Watling Close Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 8 Nov 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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