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20,942 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/06/0738/F

    Conversion of barn to dwelling

    Mill Farm Cottage Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QS

    Received 15 Aug 2006
  2. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/24/0049/TEL

    Proposed installation of 2 10m light wooden poles for fixed broadband S/O 38 Wadham Road and O/S 12 Wadham Road, Gorleston and installation of 2 9m light wooden poles for fixed broadband Opp 22 Wadham Road and S/O 22 Wadham Road, Gorleston

    S/o 38, Opp 22, S/o 32 & O/s 12 Wadham Road Magdalen Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Jan 2024
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0343/F

    Ground and first floor extension and internal alterations

    5 Ferrier Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DL

    Received 27 Apr 2005
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0017/A

    Proposed installation of eight low output light units

    Planet Spice, 2 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JR

    Received 27 Jan 2015
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0600/F

    Sub-division and construction of one chalet bungalow

    17 Greenhill Avenue Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NY

    Received 3 Jul 2021
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/13/0351/CU

    Change of use from family home to HMO (house in multiple occupation)

    57 Crown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2JQ

    Received 28 May 2013
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0120/F

    GIS

    18 Penguin Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NU

    Received 11 Feb 1999
  8. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/98/0326/A

    GIS

    1 Sandringham Avenue North Denes Garage Great Yarmouth NR30 4DY

    Received 30 Apr 1998
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0972/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 2 2025) - 4no. trees, comprising: 1no. Walnut on Walnut Tree Avenue, and 3no. Norway Maple on Sycamore Avenue - Reduce crowns by up to 1m overall.

    24 Walnut Tree Avenue (trees adjacent the highway) Martham NR29 4QS

    Received 11 Nov 2025
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0046/F

    GIS

    Plot 2 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Jan 1997
  11. Undecided06/25/0039/CD

    Discharge of Condition 31 of pp 06/19/0676/O (Outline planning application for up to 665 dwellings) - Details of off-site highway improvement works

    Land at Nova Scotia Farm West of Jack Chase Way Caister

    Received 16 Jan 2025
  12. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/12/0118/M

    Agricultural determination - erection of agricultural barn/animal shelter

    Marsh Lane off Sandy Lane (Land on the Southern side at the bottom) Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Feb 2012
  13. WITHDRAWN06/04/0037/SU

    Detached two-storey dwelling house and garage

    6 Haycroft (adjacent) Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NX

    Received 15 Jan 2004
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0116/F

    Thirteen Dwellings 10 two & three storey and 3 bungalows

    37 Albion Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2JD NR30 2JD

    Received 1 Feb 2006
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0124/A

    Signs

    2 Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Feb 1996
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0490/F

    Conservatory to rear *

    Dene House Market Place Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 May 2002
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0748/F

    GIS

    Unit 2 Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Sept 1999
  18. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0352/CD

    Discharge of Condition 18 of pp 06/22/0546/F (Development of 41 dwellings) - Details of proposed materials

    Land north of Scratby Road Scratby

    Received 15 Mar 2024
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0405/F

    Five town houses to part of existing indoor market

    Albion Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk (R/O 100/102 Regent Road)

    Received 24 Jun 2011
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0305/A

    2 fascia signs, 3 projecting signs and 5 other signs

    11 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1YT

    Received 5 May 2015
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0351/F

    Enlarged kitchen extension (previously approved under 06/11/0325/F)

    Clare House Lords Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9EP

    Received 25 May 2012
  22. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/1056/CD

    Discharge of Condition 7 of pp. 06/25/0728/F (Enhancement of existing outdoor recreation and seating area.) - Submission of Lighting Design Strategy.

    Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0465/HH

    Installation of front and rear dormer at 1st floor. Alteration/extension to existing sloping roof at 1st floor to form flat roof. Alterations to existing fenestration on front and rear elevations.

    5 Marina Flats Beach Road Caister-on-sea NR30 5HD

    Received 11 Jun 2026
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0734/F

    Single storey garden room extension to rear & pitched roof to existing kitchen

    23 Sun Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8PY NR31 8PY

    Received 21 Sept 2005

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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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