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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20,899 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Split decision Conditions/Reasons06/22/0897/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,13 and 14 of pp. 06/20/0704/F - details of: tree protection measures; Phase 1 contamination report; landscaping; planting; programme of historic building recording; Biodiversity Enhancement and Mitigation Plan; listed building works; services to listed building; new windows and doors; and, cart shed materials details

    Beech Farm Beccles Road Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9JQ

    Received 8 Oct 2022
  2. WITHDRAWN06/05/0470/F

    Residential development comprising of six, two- bedroomed, four-person apartments

    Great Yarmouth Racecourse Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jun 2005
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0806/A

    GIS

    141 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Oct 1998
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0436/HH

    Proposed dropped kerb

    10 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BE

    Received 28 May 2023
  5. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0268/LB

    Conversion of offices into six flats with extension to the rear

    143 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 26 Jun 2020
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1023/F

    Construction of entrance porchway to front of property *

    20 Stafford Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0EX

    Received 25 Nov 2002
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0623/F

    Rear & side extensions

    Windermere North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LN

    Received 8 Aug 2005
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0250/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No.5 1981) - T8 (Willow) - fell and replant

    1 Decoy Road Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby NR29 3LG

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0504/F

    Installation of a biomass plant unit within the service yard with the existing generator to be relocated.

    Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd St. Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1NN

    Received 6 Aug 2012
  10. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0150/A

    GIS

    Long Bar Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Feb 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0825/F

    Two-storey extension to rear of dwelling on site of demolished conservatory *

    Aubretia Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HB

    Received 23 Oct 2001
  12. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/04/0119/A

    Sign boards on gable ends and one freestanding display board

    Cane Craft Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Feb 2004
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0873/F

    GIS

    The Stores North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Oct 1999
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0013/F

    Single storey conservatory extension

    24 Orwell Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Jan 1995
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1053/F

    Demolish existing house and replace with new house

    11 Warren Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JT (Parish of Hopton)

    Received 3 Dec 2007
  16. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0565/A

    Two poster panels forming integral part of bus shelter *

    29 North Drive (opposite) Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Jul 2000
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0167/TRE

    Proposed works to T1 - English Oak tree (TPO No.5 1991) Crown lift lower canopy to a maximum of 2.5m; Reduce and reshape eastern, southern and western canopy by a maximum of 2m

    20 Cotman Drive Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9RE

    Received 1 Mar 2023
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0771/F

    Sitting room and bedroom extension to rear

    25 Gaywood Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5RD

    Received 13 Dec 2010
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0406/F

    Removal of condition 2 of planning permission no. 06/03/0050/F +

    11 Rowan Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 May 2003
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0340/HH

    Removal of covered porch canopy; Erection of a replacement single-storey front extension including WC.

    26 Bunnewell Avenue Bradwell NR31 8RQ

    Received 1 May 2025
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0978/F

    Two storey rear extension

    1 Caledonian Way Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9PQ

    Received 9 Nov 2007
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0606/F

    Rear garden room extension with attic conversion to bedroom accommodation. Ornamental koi carp pond and shelter within back garden

    15 Decoy Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LG

    Received 30 Sept 2010
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0350/BF

    Amendment to PP 06/93/0743/BF to allow occupation from 1st March to 31st January

    Burgh Castle Marina and Caravan Park Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Apr 2004
  24. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/18/0357/DM

    Proposed demolition of derelict end of terrace property

    21 St Peters Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3BQ

    Received 21 Jun 2018

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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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