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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 · 23,822 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,938 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0639/F

    Two-storey side extension *

    28 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RY

    Received 12 Jul 2002
  2. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0561/CU

    Change of use to house in multiple occupation

    The White House 6 West Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5AQ

    Received 23 Jun 2006
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0104/HH

    Proposed single storey flat roof side extension and detached garage

    48 Reynolds Avenue Caister-on-sea Norfolk NR30 5QE

    Received 6 Feb 2023
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0812/F

    GIS

    37 Lichfield Road Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Sept 1999
  5. WITHDRAWN06/97/0601/LB

    GIS

    244b Southtown Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jul 1997
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0457/TRE

    Proposed felling and removal of T1 Beech Tree (TPO ref: No.11 2020) and proposed replacement planting

    Beech Tree Cottage Main Road (A1064) Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AG

    Received 21 Jun 2023
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0041/F

    Proposed galvanised steel shutter at front of shop

    170 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PA

    Received 18 Jan 2016
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0793/F

    Proposed garage

    151 Beccles Road Bradwell (South) Great Yarmouth NR31 8PR

    Received 23 Dec 2009
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0330/F

    Extension to existing car park

    Grosvenor Casino Shadingfield Lodge Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3JG

    Received 22 May 2013
  10. WITHDRAWN06/98/0956/F

    GIS

    25/26 Hall Quay-19/20 Reg't St Great Yarmouth (former BT Telephone Exchange and PO)

    Received 2 Dec 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0273/F

    Division of 1 dwelling into a one bedroomed flat and two bedroomed maisonette

    12/13 South Market Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2BQ

    Received 27 Apr 2017
  12. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/22/0564/PDE

    Prior approval - larger home extension: Orangery extension to the rear lounge

    39 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DH

    Received 24 Jun 2022
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0133/F

    Proposed attached domestic garage

    20A Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QW

    Received 6 Mar 2012
  14. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/24/0171/LB

    Proposed refurbishment of four panels within the stained glass window on the first floor southeast elevation and subsequent installation of External Protective Glazing

    Elizabethan House Museum 4 South Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH

    Received 8 Mar 2024
  15. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0181/CD

    Discharge of Condition 8 of pp. 06/24/0639/CU (Change of use from sheltered housing care home (Use Class C2) to provide a 9no. 1-bedroom supported housing facility (sui generis use) for vulnerable single persons with support needs.) - Details of cycle parking provision.

    Abbeyfield House, 77-79 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 1QS

    Received 13 Mar 2026
  16. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/16/0449/F

    New single storey dwelling attached to the existing double garage to the rear of 46 Mill Lane

    46 Mill Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8HH

    Received 1 Jul 2016
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/10/0078/F

    Install air source heat pump

    35 Queens Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7NN

    Received 16 Feb 2010
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0918/F

    GIS

    80 Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0BH

    Received 9 Nov 1999
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0416/SU

    Erection of 1.8m high timber close board fencing with conc posts & 1.8m high access gates to rear boundaries

    43/49 Barkis Road; 36/42 & 46 Peggotty Rd (evens); 20/34 Peggotty Road (evens) Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 May 2000
  20. WITHDRAWN06/00/0349/M

    Agricultural determination - construction of reservoir for storage of clean water for irrigation *

    Burnley Hall East Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DZ

    Received 2 May 2000
  21. REFUSED06/21/0284/PDE

    Prior approval - Notification of larger home extension - Single storey side extension

    Fairwinds Lords Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8NY

    Received 8 Apr 2021
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0752/CU

    Retrospective application for part of garage to be used for dog grooming business

    29 Common Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LT

    Received 2 Nov 2014
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0188/F

    To erect a plant platform frame and install a condenser

    Asda Store Acle New Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth NR30 1SF

    Received 4 Mar 2008
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0467/F

    Alterations to convert shop to sitting room *

    26 Alderson Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Jun 1997

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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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