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20,822 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/05/0789/O
Erection of one detached, single storey dwelling with private garage.
Hazeldene (Rear of) Kings Loke Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 7 Oct 2005
WITHDRAWN06/12/0179/F
Erection of 4 no 6m galvanised columns together with 4 no floodlights for illuminating the car park
The Playing Field (Car Park) New Road Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Mar 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0166/F
Conversion of former working mens club to eighteen residential flats
51/52 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Mar 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0156/F
Ground floor extension, extension to roof and roof conversion
Meadow Lea St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NS
Received 15 Mar 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0094/F
Rear extensions to form enlarged kitchen area and first floor bathroom
61 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 31 Jan 2007
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/01/0349/A
Recessed box sign to fascia of take-away food unit frontage *
30 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2NZ
Received 2 May 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0802/F
Proposed extension to existing toilet block and installation of IBC water tank
Repps Bowls Club Repps with Bastwick Village Hall Mill Lane Repps with Bastwick GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5EU
Received 20 Sept 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0465/F
Change of use from agricultural land to Golf Course
Gorleston Golf Club Ltd Off Warren Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JT
Received 12 Aug 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0263/PDE
Notification of larger home extension - Demolition of rear conservatory and creation of new kitchen and dog room by extending the gable roof over the new extension; Garage roof to be lifted higher to incorporate a new bedroom and flat roof to be extended over the new dog room
13 Upper Grange Crescent Caister-On-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5AR
Received 12 Apr 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0550/HH
Erection of a single-storey rear extension
29 Alder Close Bradwell NR31 8PD
Received 4 Jul 2024
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0096/CU
GIS
Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Feb 1997
NO OBJECTION06/25/1023/TCA
Works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 (Poplar) Reduce two lower canopy limbs over barn store area by 2.5 to 3m; and T2 (Poplar) Reduce longer laterals over tractor store shed by 2.5m to 3m.
Willow Farm 20 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QE
Received 1 Dec 2025
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0082/A
Replacement of existing advertisement signage
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc 44 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1PA
Received 5 Feb 2013
LIST.BLD.APP06/98/0006/LB
GIS *
Shrublands Youth/Comm Centre Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Jan 1998
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/17/0502/A
Rebranding external signage
Morrisons Blackwall Reach Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6SA
Received 8 Aug 2017
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0189/F
Rear extension and roof conversion
5 Browston Corner Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DJ
Received 28 Mar 2019
DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/97/0321/M
GIS
Winsford Hall Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DG
Received 21 Apr 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0694/F
Demolition of factory and construction of eleven houses
North Market Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 4 Aug 2006
WITHDRAWN06/99/0693/F
GIS
Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0329/F
Retention of office block
Swire Oilfield Services South Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PR
Received 5 Apr 2004
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/06/0014/D
New house
34 St Julian Road (Plot adjacent) Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 3 Jan 2006
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0612/A
GIS
21 Hall Quay Midland Bank Great Yarmouth NR30 1HN
Received 16 Jul 1997
WITHDRAWN06/01/0134/F
Demolition of timber bungalow and garage, erection of replacement cottage and garage *
Oak Villa Hall Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Feb 2001
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/03/0185/F
Building around existing swimming pool +
2 Barnard Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 4DS
Received 5 Mar 2003

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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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