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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 · 23,803 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,919 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0461/F

    Front entrance porch *

    12 Beechwood Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LP

    Received 12 Jun 2001
  2. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/96/0117/F

    Removal of winter occupancy condition on ground and first floor units

    4 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Feb 1996
  3. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/23/0896/LB

    Listed Building Consent for the subdivision of rooms, provision of suspended ceiling and internal corridor, blocking up existing door openings between rooms, repair, maintenance and draught proofing of existing windows, replace 7no. windows, replace doorway for a window, replace front door, update to electrics and plumbing. External works to include fenced garden play area with play equipment, air source heat pump and replacement external lighting.

    Shrublands Farmhouse Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BP

    Received 13 Dec 2023
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0502/F

    Extension to pool house to enclose pumps, plant and dehumidifiers reducing outside noise

    2 Barnard Avenue Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jun 2005
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0421/F

    Removal of condition 3 of planning permission 06/17/0190/F - in respect of removal of temporary mobile buildings

    Edward Worlledge Primary School Suffolk Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0ER

    Received 20 Jul 2018
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0017/HH

    Proposed single storey front extension to form a larger lounge and bedroom area and a single storey rear extension to form a larger kitchen

    Shellane Old Chapel Road Winterton-on-sea NR29 4BQ

    Received 12 Jan 2023
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0029/F

    Bedroom and upvc conservatory extension *

    6 The Mews Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TW

    Received 9 Jan 2003
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0478/F

    Extension to rear

    5 Morton Crescent Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 May 2004
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0571/F

    Twenty one new caravan bases (infill)

    Kingfisher Holiday Park Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Jun 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0161/F

    Variation of condition no. 5 of pp 06/99/0810/F (removal of caravan before occupation of additional living accomm) +

    Harmony Patch Bush Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Feb 2000
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0786/O

    Housing development comprising twenty one two-bedroomed terraced houses and six two- bedroomed flats

    Southgates Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3LL

    Received 16 Aug 2004
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0035/F

    Cantilever car port to side of existing building *

    35 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SX

    Received 15 Jan 2003
  13. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/07/0546/F

    Proposed demolition of existing building and erection of 5 no residential town houses with car spaces

    Land off Dock Tavern Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 21 Jun 2007
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0462/F

    Resubmission of application 06/11/0213/F - Rear first floor extension to form bedroom & ground floor extension to form lobby/porch

    29 Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4PD

    Received 15 Jul 2011
  15. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/21/0968/F

    Variation of condition 11 of outline planning permission 06/18/0545/O (construction of 7 dwellings and access) - proposed amendment to requirements of visibility splay/access construction, to include removing the requirement to retain protected trees and removing the requirement to use no-dig construction methods and removing the requirement to protect trees during construction

    Dovedale (Land rear of) Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PU

    Received 19 Nov 2021
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0955/F

    Detached bungalow with integral garage

    1 Mill Road (adj) Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Oct 2003
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0044/F

    Rear bathroom extension

    63 Chestnut Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jan 1995
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0570/F

    Erection of porch

    21 Cobholm Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0BU

    Received 21 Aug 2014
  19. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/16/0315/A

    Retrospective application illuminated fascia sign

    60 Station Road South The Tavern PH Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AA

    Received 10 May 2016
  20. Accept Amend Notice Conditions/Reasons06/20/0101/NMA

    Non-material amendment of planning permission 06/19/0478/F - Extending the boundary of a proposed new family room

    1 Butt Lane Threeways Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PU

    Received 17 Mar 2020
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0512/F

    Rear first floor bedroom extension

    Sunnyside Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AW

    Received 8 Jul 2008
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0849/F

    Victorian upvc conservatory with brick dwarf wall *

    1 St James Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JN

    Received 25 Sept 2002
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0187/TRE

    Propose works to trees (TPO No.1 1965) T1 - Horse Chestnut - Fell due to decay at the base of the tree and clear signs of Phytophthora on the main stem, replant with a smaller native tree

    16 Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PA

    Received 2 Mar 2023
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0202/F

    Extensions to front and rear and formation of room in roof space

    Springfield Rollesby Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Mar 1996

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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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