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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20,904 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/14/0266/F
Proposed new conservatory to side and rear of existing house
18 Copperfield Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3EB
Received 2 Apr 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0494/F
Side extension and removal of existing garage
44 Primrose Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 1 Jun 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0698/F
GIS
Heath House Main Road Filby Heath Great Yarmouth NR29 3JG
Received 19 Aug 1999
WITHDRAWN06/04/0209/BF
Retention of building works to erect a replacement dwelling
Summer Place Riverside St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HF
Received 4 Mar 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0677/F
Pvcu conservatory to rear
10 Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR30 0PA
Received 15 Jul 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0505/F
Conservatory to rear elevation
13 Pintail Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JQ
Received 16 Aug 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0440/F
Extension to form utility room *
1a Nova Scotia Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QD
Received 31 May 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0940/F
GIS
Caister Holiday Centre Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Dec 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0764/F
Siting of container for storage of football equipment
Suffolk Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Southtown Common)
Received 12 Aug 2004
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0538/F
Demolition of garage premises and the erection of two cottages (semi-detached)
6 Cliff Hill Garage Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DH
Received 17 Aug 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0635/F
Two-storey rear extension and roof strengthening works +
15 St Nicholas Terrace off Northgate Street Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Jul 1994
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0113/F
Construction of 2 semi-detached bungalows
21-22 Apollo Walk GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1QH
Received 1 Mar 2017
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0796/F
Erection of 3no. single storey dwellings.
Land at Garfield Villa Garfield Terrace Caister on Sea NR30 5DG
Received 29 Sept 2025
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0901/O
Demolition of farmhouse and erection of replacement two- storey dwelling on a different site
Fairview Farm Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Oct 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0726/F
GIS
Unit 1 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX
Received 15 Sept 1998
APPROVE06/20/0184/PAD
Prior approval - Change of use agricultural to dwelling house
Staithe Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5JU
Received 14 Apr 2020
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/19/0196/CD
Discharge of conditions 5, 7, 8, and 16 of Planning Permission 06/18/0683/F (science block)
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Salisbury Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4LS
Received 3 Apr 2019
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0798/A
GIS
Rainbow Store Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Sept 1999
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0569/F
Conservatory +
1 Claydon Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AT
Received 30 Jun 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0771/F
Alterations including replacement of flat roof with pitched roof and blocking up of certain windows
The Lodge Horsey Road Somerton Hall West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DR
Received 28 Dec 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1000/BF
Conservatory to rear of house
Pennybrick House Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HJ
Received 23 Oct 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0884/F
Front and rear extensions to lounge/dining/kitchen *
16 Quay Ostend Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TP
Received 8 Oct 2002
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0376/CD
Discharge of condition 17 of pp 06/23/0507/F (Proposed construction of 65 affordable dwellings) - Submission of Tree Protection Plan and Arboricultural Method Statement
Land off Staithe Road Martham
Received 14 May 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0560/F
Ground floor extension to provide living space and new bedroom space with shower room
32 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RR
Received 13 Sept 2013

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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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