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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 · 23,791 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,907 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/06/1031/F
Detached bungalow
"The Old Smithy" Ormesby Lane Filby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 11 Dec 2006
PERMITTED DEV.06/02/0107/F
Demolish two-storey extension and rebuild single storey extension
1 Audley Street Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Feb 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0323/F
Lounge extension to front of property *
39 Hillview Drive Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BT
Received 17 Apr 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0784/F
GIS
Broadview King Street Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AT
Received 20 Sept 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0219/F
Two-storey rear extension to form new additional bedroom and bathroom
70 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Mar 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0996/SU
GIS
18/36 Dashwood Close Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Dec 1998
WITHDRAWN06/17/0637/F
Two storey extension to bungalow (with part bungalow to be demolished). Erection of detached double garage
Farmhouse Home Farm Lowestoft Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AN
Received 12 Oct 2017
LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0061/LB
GIS
Church Farm Barns 4/5/6/7 Fleggburgh Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Jan 1997
NO OBJECTION06/05/0547/G
Change of use to Coastguard Auxiliary Station, relocate portacabin, alts., install pole mounted VHF aerial/s
Rear of Astec Ltd Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jul 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0235/F
Proposed change of use from a community facility/shop (Use Class F2) to a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis Use). Installation of an odour extraction and ventilation system and flue.
69 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6SH
Received 27 Mar 2024
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0420/F
Roof conversion (front and rear dormers) to form master suite
17 Westbrook Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DB
Received 20 Jul 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0300/F
Renewal of planning permission no. 06/93/0585/F for stores and portacabin office
Malthouse Lane Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Apr 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0297/F
Single storey extension +
248 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JQ
Received 2 Apr 2003
NO OBJECTION06/98/0476/G
Modular type Air Training
Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 12 Jun 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0278/F
GIS
6 Bailey Close Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4UD
Received 10 Apr 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0761/F
Use of ground floor for (A3) Restaurant/Café and (B8) storage use. Three residential units on 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors
J J B Sports Plc 22 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1LY
Received 5 Nov 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0007/F
Single storey rear extension - conservatory *
35 Queensway Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Jan 2001
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/08/0335/LB
Installation of kee klamp counter balanced guard rail to unprotected flat roof to rear of property
23 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HQ
Received 22 Apr 2008
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0560/F
Renovation, extension and conversion of existing outbuilding to dwelling for letting purposes
The Shrubbery Rollesby Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jul 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0333/F
Two storey rear extension to form garden room with bedroom above
4 Solent Close Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5EQ
Received 17 May 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0143/HH
Single-storey side and rear wrap-around extension.
11 Vervain Close Bradwell NR31 8SS
Received 27 Feb 2024
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0032/CU
Change of use from agricultural land to be used for extended garden area and overspill car park
The Queen's Head PH High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QQ
Received 17 Jan 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0335/F
Extension to postal sorting office
Ormesby Post Office Cromer Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3AD
Received 7 Apr 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0091/F
Erection of bungalow
Adjacent No 1 Beechwood Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 27 Jan 2006

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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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