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20,904 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0703/F
Extension to provide a garden room and a lean-to roof to provide a covered area to the rear of the existing house
Plot 3 The Village Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Nov 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0506/F
Revised application to provide flat roof in lieu of approved pitched roof - 06/10/0498/F
111A Lowestoft Road (Rear Of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SW
Received 2 Aug 2011
Not proceeded with06/24/0417/PU
Proposed installation of Solar Panels as a Ground Mount Array on the banks of existing agricultural water reservoir.
Water Resevoir Church Lane Belton NR31 9JL
Received 21 May 2024
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/96/0705/F
GIS
Unit 2 Salmon Road Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Sept 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0801/F
GIS
82 Links Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Sept 1997
NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/25/0724/TEL
Proposed Installation of 10m medium wooden pole for fixed broadband purposes
132 Bells Marsh Road Great Yarmouth NR31 6PN
Received 1 Sept 2025
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/99/0892/F
GIS
65 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Oct 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0422/F
Detached garage, conservatory and summerhouse
3 Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Jun 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0287/F
Electricity voltage regulator site for a period of eight years
Kings Loke Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 4 Apr 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0957/CU
Change of use to childrens indoor adventure play area (house of fun) *
Unit 43 Longs Industrial Estate Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6BE
Received 1 Nov 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0939/F
GIS
86 Baliol Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Dec 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0196/F
Ground and first floor rear extensions to plots 72 & 73 Kings Drive (currently under construction)
Kings Drive (Plots 72 - 73) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Apr 2013
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0213/A
Projecting sign
34a Baker Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Mar 1996
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0343/CD
Discharge of Condition 6 of pp 06/22/0546/F (Development of 41 dwellings) - Drainage strategy
Land north of Scratby Road Scratby
Received 15 Mar 2024
WITHDRAWN06/09/0190/F
Alterations and repairs
1-3 South Quay Row 76 & Row 83 Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH
Received 19 Mar 2009
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0343/A
GIS
6 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Apr 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0823/BF
Two-storey rear extension
Bishy Barneybee Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QJ
Received 24 Aug 2004
WITHDRAWN06/22/0001/F
Retrospective application to vary Condition 2 of pp 06/91/0838/F to allow annexe to be used as a holiday let
The Laurels Sheridan Grove Lords Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DY
Received 4 Jan 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0904/HH
Proposed two-storey front extension
42A Station Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9BE
Received 8 Dec 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0411/O
Replacement of existing dwelling with new bungalow
Rodorarth Fakes Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JL
Received 4 May 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0720/F
Proposed garage
3 Martham Road Hemsby NR29 4LS
Received 20 Oct 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0874/F
Bedroom extension with bathroom en-suite *
11 Soudan Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SG
Received 24 Oct 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0992/F
Extension and new shop front onto Marine Parade +
7 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Dec 2000
WITHDRAWN (Appealed)06/95/0796/F
GIS
Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Oct 1995

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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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