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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20,942 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/95/0688/SU

    Racetrack judges head on box, structural steel support tower with timber observation room, steel access staircase

    Great Yarmouth Racecourse Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Aug 1995
  2. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0120/BA

    Three signs on posts

    Ashtree Farm Acle New Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 6 Feb 2007
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0763/F

    Proposed front & rear dormers and single storey conservatory

    33 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HH

    Received 8 Dec 2009
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0538/CU

    Change of use to cafe +

    82 Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth (First Floor) NR31 8BJ

    Received 18 Jun 2002
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0013/F

    Renewal of planning permission 06/08/0741/F for demonstration/temporary workshop and first floor office building

    Bessemer Way Transmit Container Ltd Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Jan 2014
  6. WITHDRAWN06/97/0189/F

    GIS

    Cess Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RF

    Received 10 Mar 1997
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0008/F

    GIS

    34/35 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jan 1997
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0031/TRE

    Fell trees T2, T10, T18, T34, and T37. Various works to remaining trees to reduce crown heights, deadwood and overhanging branches Various works to T9, T11, T19, T27, T28, T45 (rather than felling as originally proposed)

    Elmhurst Court Estate Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6ET

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  9. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/18/0642/CD

    Discharge of conditions 4 and 5 of Planning Permission 06/17/0566/F - (Change of use shop to dwelling) in respect of flood risk

    23 Southgates Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3LJ

    Received 19 Nov 2018
  10. Undecided06/25/0808/CU

    Change of use from B8 - Storage & Distribution to Residential 1No. 1 bedroom self-contained flat.

    The Gift House Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PU

    Received 2 Oct 2025
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0078/O

    Renewal of PP 06/02/0400/O for A3 use, leisure, hotel, family resturant and pub

    Beacon Park (front site) Adjacent Sidegate Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 Jan 2006
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0559/F

    Side extension to bungalow rear conservatory garage extension

    Oaklea, Sidegate Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AL NR31 9AL

    Received 26 Jun 2007
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0496/F

    Rear extension *

    5 Collingwood Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LR

    Received 22 Jun 2001
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0108/F

    Proposed conservatory to rear building

    33 Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HJ

    Received 19 Feb 2014
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0906/F

    Two-storey side extension to form garage with bedrooms over

    89 St Annes Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7LB NR31 7LB

    Received 21 Nov 2005
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0514/F

    New store outside existing north door *

    St Peter and St Paul's Church Mautby Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jun 1994
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0991/F

    Demolish existing commercial buildings and erect ten starter homes

    Nelson Road Central (Former Economy Carpet Site) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 21 Dec 2005
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0740/F

    Demolition of sub-standard dwelling and replacement with new dwelling and garage

    33 Long Beach Estate Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4JD

    Received 16 Aug 2006
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0704/F

    Conservatory to the front of the property. Remove hipped roof of the current extension and replace with a flat green roof, small balcony above

    7 Blanks Close Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JF

    Received 19 Oct 2016
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0326/F

    First floor extension over garage, new pitched roof replacing flat roof over family room

    8 Orde Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Apr 2004
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0314/F

    First floor extension over existing flat roof *

    39 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Apr 2003
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0419/F

    Two-storey side extension *

    162 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QZ

    Received 6 May 2003
  23. NO OBJECTION06/26/0166/SU

    Consultation Request from the Planning Inspectorate: Seeking LPA comments concerning the consultations and publicity undertaken by East Pye Solar Ltd in advance of an Application for a Development Consent Order for the East Pye Solar Project.

    East Pye Solar Project

    Received 10 Mar 2026
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0877/F

    Proposed rear extension to form kitchen/dining room/lounge; alterations to roof; 80m square parking area to front

    31 Brett Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6HW

    Received 12 Oct 2021

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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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