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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 · 23,830 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,946 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/06/0564/F

    Detached garage to serve both properties

    Plot No. 2, Town Road & Peartree Cottage, Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 Jun 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0142/F

    Two storey extension and new conservatory

    12 Mill Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4ND

    Received 22 Feb 2008
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0225/CU

    Change of use from guest house to private dwelling *

    87 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth NR30 3BP

    Received 8 Mar 2002
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/94/0755/A

    Elevation signage +

    Joint Halfords/Homestyle Unit Citygrove Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Sept 1994
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0615/F

    Erection of storage building *

    The Old Depot Cess Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RF

    Received 5 Jul 2002
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0140/F

    Enlarge third storey dormer window to front +

    41 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1EX

    Received 24 Feb 2000
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0541/F

    GIS

    Links Hotel Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Jun 1997
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/1005/HH

    Single storey rear extension (Retrospective)

    11 Shrublands Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8DU

    Received 31 Dec 2024
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0163/F

    Variation of condition 10 of pp. 06/19/0312/O - rear bedroom window not to be obscure glazed

    1 Fisher Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4BD

    Received 5 Mar 2021
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0299/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/93/0711/F for two-storey extension for existing offices

    Malthouse Site (offices) Malthouse Lane Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Apr 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0237/F

    Extension to form conservatory and installation of solar panels

    14 West Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RP

    Received 8 Apr 2009
  12. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/04/0090/LB

    Protection grills to two windows

    41 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PN

    Received 3 Feb 2004
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0898/F

    Erection of wooden shed

    52 Keble Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7NA NR31 7NA

    Received 18 Nov 2005
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0158/F

    Rear garden room extension

    18 Warren Road Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6JT

    Received 12 Mar 2009
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0142/F

    Demolition of existing garage. Subdivision of rear garden and construction of a two-storey 3 bedroom dwelling with associated access from Braddock Road. Creation of new dropped kerb and parking area on Braddock Road to serve the existing dwelling.

    1 Windsor Road Caister-on-sea NR30 5LS

    Received 26 Feb 2024
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0027/F

    Demolition and rebuilding of two-storey rear addition

    45 Trafalgar Road East Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jan 1995
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0761/F

    Workshop extension

    Offshore Testing Services Viking Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell

    Received 22 Sept 1995
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0789/F

    GIS

    65 Avondale Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Sept 1997
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0489/F

    Erect PVCu porch to front of property

    2 Glebe Corner Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3ED

    Received 1 Jun 1995
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0005/CU

    Change of use of part of community family entertainment and sports centre to B8 (storage and distribution)

    Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LS

    Received 4 Jan 2010
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0418/F

    Pair of semi-detached single storey bungalow dwellings each with parking space *

    58 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth (garden plots adjoining) NR29 3QG

    Received 9 May 2002
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0123/F

    Proposed wheelchair store

    Norfolk Coastal Centre for Independent Life Woodfarm Lane Gorleston NR31 9AQ

    Received 25 Feb 2009
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0343/F

    Replacement of existing garage flat roof with new pitch roof over

    109 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Apr 2004
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0592/VCF

    Proposed variation of condition 1 of Planning Permission 06/93/1137/F to extend period of holiday occupation from 1st February in any year to 14th January in the following year.

    Hemsby Belle Aire Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HZ

    Received 25 Jul 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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