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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20,899 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

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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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0671/F
GIS
Kings Casino (Yarmouth) Ltd Theatre Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 2BE
Received 19 Aug 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0668/F
Porch to front elevation
4 Beach Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5ER
Received 10 Sept 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0658/F
To provide a 18.5 metre above ground level steel pole with a 0.6 metre dish mounted at 18 metres AGL
Rollesby First School Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 21 Jul 2006
NO OBJECTION06/22/0796/TEL
Installation of 1 x 11m wooden pole for fixed line broadband
O/S 32 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NS
Received 1 Sept 2022
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0484/F
Two detached three-bedroom houses with detached garages
6 The Naze (Land adjacent) Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LB
Received 27 Jul 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0692/F
Convert property to three self contained apartments
47/48 Princes Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DG
Received 12 Nov 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0583/F
Renewal of PP 06/07/0393/F for smoking shelter with cigarette disposal units, signs & use of area for outside seating
Ocean Rooms (land adjacent) Pier Gardens Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6P
Received 4 Sept 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0708/F
Proposed change of use from Shop (A1) to Public House (A4)
Unit 1 Beach Road Scratby
Received 2 Oct 2014
DEFERRED Conditions/Reasons06/04/1169/A
Restaurant sign (stainless steel letters with blue neon halo behind the letters)
4/5 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1HX
Received 6 Dec 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0698/F
GIS
25 Alder Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Sept 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0197/F
Erection of single storey conservatory to rear of bungalow
36 Gresham Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7EA
Received 30 Mar 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0171/F
Conservatory *
4 Ranworth Close Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Feb 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0566/F
Single storey extension to rear
1 Garnham Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PB NR31 6PB
Received 26 Aug 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0293/F
New garage roof, porch, garage and kitchen extension *
115 Alderson Road Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Apr 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0625/F
Change of use from an agricultural field to storage of timber, wood fuel and firewood (retrospective)
Land at Hall Farm Hall Road Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JB
Received 4 Nov 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0235/F
Proposed two-bedroom detached bungalow with garage
Plot 21 Kings Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Apr 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0699/F
Demolition of garage, widening of driveway and rebuilding an extended garage
65 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 1QS
Received 6 Aug 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0462/F
GIS
16 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 30 May 1997
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/94/0680/D
Residential development - four houses *
48 St Andrews Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Aug 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0910/BU
Creation of nature reserve
Swan Cottage (adjacent) Runham Swim Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Dec 1996
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/22/0985/LB
Proposed demolition of existing garage and erection of new garage (3 m away from existing)
32 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DQ
Received 28 Oct 2022
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0564/F
Single storey dwelling
24 Youell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HT
Received 17 Jun 2004
WITHDRAWN Conditions/Reasons06/22/1009/CD
Proposed discharge of Condition 20 of pp. 06/21/0415/F - Operations & maintenance facility: Land Contamination Reports
Land at south of South Denes Road and South Beach Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3QF
Received 13 Oct 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0549/F
GIS
11 Barton Way Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SD
Received 30 Jun 1999

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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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