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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 · 23,788 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,904 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/00/0198/BF
Removal of Agricultural Occupancy Condition imposed on P.P. 06/78/1185/O *
Woodside Cottage Bradwell Hall Farm Market Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Mar 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0383/F
Two-storey extension to house *
6 The Laurels Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 10 May 2000
NO OBJECTION06/26/0014/TEL
Installation of a 11m tall medium wooden pole as fixed line broadband apparatus, on land outside 2 Roslyn Road.
Land at 2 Roslyn Road Gorleston NR31 7AF
Received 7 Jan 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0436/F
Erection of a drive-through cafe (Sui Generis use) including the provision of parking, circulation space, landscaping and associated works.
Land between Chaplin Road and Beaufort Way (south of the Bradwell Local Centre) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Jun 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0162/CU
GIS
Millora Works (part of) Beevor Road Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Feb 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0544/F
Continued use of land for standing of tables and chairs
113 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AE
Received 18 Aug 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0777/F
Single storey extension *
26 Sweetacres Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NR
Received 14 Sept 2000
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0816/F
Proposed first floor rear extension
20 Allendale Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5ES
Received 22 Dec 2011
NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/23/0820/TEL
Proposed installation of fixed line broadband electric communications apparatus; 1no 10m medium wooden pole
Land to front of Whispering Trees Station Road Hopton NR31 9BH
Received 7 Nov 2023
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0562/O
Construction of up to 150 residential dwellings, new vehicular access, associated infrastructure/landscaping
Highfield Equestrian Centre Newport Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4NL
Received 2 Oct 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0622/F
External lighting to yard
Travis Perkins Boundary Road/Owen Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Sept 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1063/F
New shop front
15 Market Place Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 18 Dec 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0769/F
Demolition of existing garage and reconstruction of new detached garage
24 Colomb Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BT
Received 14 Oct 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0822/F
Proposed installation of portacabin for use as communal space provision
Astley Cooper Place Escourt Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DN
Received 31 Aug 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0498/F
Reconstruction of quay *
Bunns Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jun 1994
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/0169/BF
Swimming pool and enclosure
The Homestead Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Feb 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0583/F
Millennium shelter *
The Playing Field Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Jul 2000
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/14/0807/A
Eight signs
The Nelson Garage Southgates Road, GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3LF
Received 28 Nov 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0013/F
Dining room, store and two porches *
31 Lark Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Jan 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0959/SU
Garden walls and piers, metal railings and gates, close board timber fencing with concrete posts
26/31/44/62/90/92 Harbord Crescent Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Oct 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0643/F
GIS
Nova Scotia Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS
Received 2 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0456/HH
Single storey side extension
1 Whimbrel Drive Bradwell NR31 9UN
Received 5 Jun 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0119/F
Formation of covered porch area between house and garage; creation of new window to toilet on front elevation
1 Jex Way Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9TX NR31 9TX
Received 6 Feb 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0256/F
GIS
Lynn Grove GM High School Lynn Grove Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP
Received 31 Mar 1998

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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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