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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
223Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,783 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,899 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/21/1029/PDE

    Prior approval - notification of larger home extension - single storey rear side extension 6.65m long by 3.4m in height

    56 Avondale Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DJ

    Received 20 Dec 2021
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0806/F

    GIS

    Morton Peto Road/Faraday Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Sept 1999
  3. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/09/0204/CC

    Alterations to remove shop fronts and internal works to existing dwellings to include domestic storage space on ground floor, demolition of structures at rear and new two-storey rear additions

    46/47 North Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1JE

    Received 27 Mar 2009
  4. WITHDRAWN06/12/0314/O

    One detached dwelling

    Three Ways Butt Lane (Land to front) Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU

    Received 16 May 2012
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0613/F

    GIS

    19 Maple Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8ND

    Received 29 Jul 1998
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0680/F

    Proposed Metal Railings & Gate to building frontage

    The Old Vicarage Church Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 1NE NR30 1NE

    Received 8 Nov 2010
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0551/F

    Construction of detached garage, adjacent to house

    15 Constable Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9RA

    Received 24 Jul 2008
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0677/O

    Subdivision of garden to form plot for a bungalow

    1 Mill Road Fenside Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4ND

    Received 29 Oct 2015
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0396/F

    Location of aviation fuel box storage tank

    Transmit Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 May 2005
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0031/F

    Change of use & conversion to form six flats and one shop unit (including shop front)

    151 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 9 Jan 2006
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0179/O

    Detached bungalow and domestic garage

    4 Church Walk (garden) Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QQ

    Received 7 Mar 2005
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0108/F

    Conversion from managers flat and HMO to 3 No. (2 additional) residential flats

    22 Wellesley Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AR

    Received 8 Feb 2016
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0627/F

    Conversion of existing house into two flats with associated alterations

    56 Nelson Road North GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AT

    Received 29 Oct 2018
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0624/F

    Extension to bedroom *

    13 Duke Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Jul 2003
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1013/HH

    Proposed removal of existing conservatory and replacement with single storey front and side extensions

    61 Links Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JX

    Received 17 Nov 2022
  16. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/21/0206/CD

    Discharge condition 7 of pp 06/17/0115/F (one dwelling) allowed on appeal in respect of hours of construction

    17 Greenhill Avenue Caister-On-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5NY

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0191/F

    Loft conversion with dormers

    47 Lark Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SB NR31 8SB

    Received 6 Apr 2016
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0409/F

    Retrospective application for 1.8m close boarded fence

    14 Old Fountain Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6TG NR31 6TG

    Received 3 Jul 2017
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0137/F

    Infill extension between house and double garage with pitched tiled roof over

    35 Jenner Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7RJ

    Received 27 Feb 2014
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0054/F

    GIS

    Mill Lane/Burgh Road Petrol Filling Station Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jan 1998
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0549/F

    Erection of double garage; balcony over existing garage; garage extension and pervious brickweave driveway

    Woodside Sandy Lane Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Aug 2009
  22. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/10/0411/LB

    Vary Cond 2 of PP 06/09/0317/LB to substitute drawing nos: F.436.05/06/07/10 with F.436.105/106/107/108/110 to alter the layout of approved units of residential accommodation

    The College of Art & Design (former) Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 1 Jul 2010
  23. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0555/A

    Two poster panels forming integral part of bus shelter *

    Caister Road (southbound) Great Yarmouth (rear of 47 Caystreward)

    Received 6 Jul 2000
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0214/F

    GIS

    Valley Car Park Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Mar 1997

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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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