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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 · 23,826 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,942 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/07/0298/F

    Variation of Planning Permission 06/04/1025/F to amend internal layouts and elevations

    147 - 148 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 23 Mar 2007
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0061/F

    Proposed first floor extension over existing single storey extension

    1 Byron Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5RW

    Received 2 Feb 2017
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0393/VCF

    Retrospective application for a variation of Conditions 2 (approved plans) and 9 (Landscaping) of pp. 06/14/0773/F (Construction of 46 no. dwellings with associated parking and site works on site of former residential care home) - Amendment to surface water drainage soakaway location and revised timescale for tree planting

    Darwin Court Nuffield Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LP

    Received 17 May 2023
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0862/F

    Demolition of petrol station & shop; construction of new class A1 shop; ATM machine, car & cycle parking & access

    20 Beccles Road (Former Beccles Rd Service Station) Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Oct 2007
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0258/F

    Single storey front extension and two storey side extension

    11 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HX

    Received 26 Apr 2011
  6. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0065/A

    Board mounted sign

    Outside Bowling Green Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Feb 2012
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0603/F

    Conversion of former WC into three residential units for temporary accommodation & replacement of roof lanterns with smaller roof lights

    Stonecutters Way (Former WC's) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HF

    Received 28 Sept 2012
  8. APPROVED BY NCC06/05/0513/F

    Continuation of permitted waste transfer in the open

    Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jul 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0772/CU

    Change of use of part of existing accommodation to additional residential flat

    79 York Road (Flat 2) Great Yarmouth NR30 2NA NR30 2NA

    Received 29 Aug 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0423/CU

    Conversion of garage and vacant floorspace into residential annex [revised description and amended plans received]

    9 Black Street Martham Norfolk NR29 4PN

    Received 12 May 2021
  11. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0711/A

    Replacement fascia sign

    122 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 28 Nov 2013
  12. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/00/0446/LB

    Alterations to shop front *

    144 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PQ

    Received 1 Jun 2000
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0857/F

    Residential development of 8no. dwellings with associated open space, highway works and landscaping

    Land between Alpha Road and Common Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 8 Oct 2021
  14. WITHDRAWN Conditions/Reasons06/00/0380/F

    Extension to offices *

    173 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LF

    Received 10 May 2000
  15. APPROVE06/98/0853/F

    GIS

    Kookaburra Cherry Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DN

    Received 28 Oct 1998
  16. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/16/0582/CD

    Provision of a left turn egress onto Pasteur Road from Lidl car park - discharge of conditions 4 and 6 re: PP 06/13/0413/F

    Lidl Pasteur Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DW NR31 0DW

    Received 6 Oct 2016
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0286/BF

    GIS

    Hall Farmhouse Hall Road Clippesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Apr 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0401/CU

    Change of use from Guest House to residential dwelling

    4 Trafalgar Road Green Grove GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2LD

    Received 10 Jul 2019
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0827/F

    Conservatory to rear of house *

    19 Clover Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Sept 2003
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0197/CU

    Ren pp 06/02/0150/CU for change use gen storage to storage/prep motor vehs for off site sale incl valeting *

    Clarkes Road (yard off) Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth (rear of GY Coachworks)

    Received 10 Mar 2003
  21. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/95/0581/A

    Shop and projecting signs

    28 Hall Plain Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jun 1995
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0854/F

    Retrospective application for the installation of external shutters

    Channells Norfolk Preserves Limited 82 Hamilton Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LZ

    Received 29 Oct 2024
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0133/CU

    Change of use to residential with bed and breakfast use

    "Calthorpe House" 8 Alexandra Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 9 Feb 2007
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0509/HH

    Proposed rear single storey garden room extension

    18 George Beck Road Winterton-on-sea NR29 4AY

    Received 30 Jun 2023

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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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