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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 · 23,824 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,940 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/Reasons06/03/0030/F

    New lifeboat shed +

    Caister Lifeboat Station off Beach Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Jan 2003
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0738/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    8 Teasdels Buildings Bells Marsh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PW

    Received 10 Nov 2016
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0551/F

    New single storey building for office, rest area, w.c. & secure store; alterations & extensions to existing structures, re-ordering of paddocks & tracks, provision for car parking

    Land at Heath Liveries Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Sept 2010
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0412/F

    GIS

    32 Sturdee Avenue Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 May 1998
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0218/F

    Extension to lounge on front elevation *

    3 St Christopher Close Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Mar 2001
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0198/F

    New front lounge extension and new utility room extension. Increase height of existing close boarded fence from 1.2 metres to 1.8 metres

    Lindene 35 Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LA

    Received 6 Apr 2010
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0487/F

    Proposed single and two storey rear extensions

    11 Recreation Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6LX NR31 6LX

    Received 30 May 2006
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0603/F

    First floor extension to rear +

    95 Rosedale Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PL

    Received 24 Jun 2003
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0569/F

    Conversion of external seating area to provide external covered food deck

    Seashore Holiday Park North Drive GREAT YARMOUTH (Parish of Caister) NR30 4HG

    Received 8 Oct 2019
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0503/F

    Demolition of existing back extension and re-build rear extension to include outside W.C.

    7 Marine Parade Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6DU

    Received 1 Oct 2020
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0066/F

    Change of use from A1 retail unit to cafe/restaurant and bar - revised application

    12-17 Quay Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PJ

    Received 10 Feb 2015
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0502/CU

    Proposed change of use from engineering workshop to dance and performing arts studio

    2 Longs Business Estate Englands Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6NE

    Received 26 Aug 2016
  13. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/09/0642/A

    Unilluminated metal sign

    Gorleston Medical Centre Stuart Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BU

    Received 29 Sept 2009
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0898/F

    Siting of portacabin and construction of link corridor to west end of Maltings House, site storage container in yard

    Maltings House Malthouse Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0GY

    Received 29 Sept 2003
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0865/F

    Side extension *

    19 Rogers Close Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Oct 1994
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0474/F

    Proposed kitchen extension

    17 Grange Road Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5BA

    Received 25 May 2007
  17. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0821/CD

    Discharge of Condition 8 of pp 06/21/0910/F (Conversion of existing stables to a single storey dwelling house) ; Details of drainage scheme

    Land West of Browston Lane Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DP

    Received 6 Oct 2025
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0355/F

    Single storey rear extension

    29 Jury Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1ES

    Received 12 Apr 2006
  19. APPROVE06/24/0130/TRE

    5 day notice consent for tree works - 2 Sycamores

    Browston Hall Browston Green Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DW

    Received 13 Feb 2024
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/18/0695/A

    Non-illuminated roundabout sponsorship signs

    Yarmouth Road/Jack Chase Way (Roundabout at Junction) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QH

    Received 12 Dec 2018
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0818/F

    Rear extension and garages *

    Lantege Kings Loke Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HN

    Received 3 Sept 2003
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0521/F

    Proposed removal of existing shop front retaining structural columns & roller shutters & internal alterations

    44 Regent Road Ye Olde Tobacco Shoppe Great Yarmouth NR30 2AJ

    Received 27 Aug 2013
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0648/F

    GIS

    C-Mac Micro-Circuits Limited Beevor Road South Denes Great Yarmouth NR30 3PX

    Received 25 Jul 1997
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0248/F

    Proposed conversion of garage to create self-contained annex for private and holiday use. Construction of new detached garage

    Rose Lodge Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HH NR29 3HH

    Received 10 Mar 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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