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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 · 23,832 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,948 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. WITHDRAWN06/22/0013/CD

    Application for part discharge of condition 1 of pp. 06/21/0420/F & 06/21/0420/LB - fencing

    Burnley Hall Estate Dark Lane East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DZ

    Received 6 Jan 2022
  2. WITHDRAWN06/25/1101/PAD

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for the excavation and subsequent deposit of waste material from farmland to create an agricultural water storage irrigation reservoir of approximately 100,000m3 storage capacity, with surrounding bunds up to 4.8m high (with associated EIA Regulations 2017: Schedule 2 Screening Request).

    Field east of Winsford Hall Cottages Filby Road Stokesby

    Received 23 Dec 2025
  3. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/12/0169/F

    Terrace of four three-bedroomed houses

    St Peters Plain Former Waterworks Storage & Pipeyard Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Mar 2012
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0161/F

    Conservatory *

    10 Viking Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6ES

    Received 21 Feb 2002
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0049/HH

    Proposed single storey side and rear extensions; new front porch and internal alterations

    9 Blake Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4LT

    Received 19 Jan 2022
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0416/CU

    Change of use from public house with residential accommodation to wholly residential

    5 Ferry Hill Ferry Boat Inn Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0PD

    Received 1 Jul 2015
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0725/F

    Change of use from 20 touring pitches with hook ups to 15 static luxury caravan holiday homes

    Burgh Hall Holiday Park Burgh Hall Leisure Centre Lords Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 24 Nov 2017
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0866/F

    Unisex disabled toilet facility and staff WC and shower room

    Briars Cafe 21 Ormesby Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 9 Oct 2006
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0795/CD

    Part discharge of condition 16 of pp. 06/15/0348/O for plots 1-18: Contamination remediation scheme

    1-18 Horatio Court Southtown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JJ

    Received 15 Sept 2021
  10. APPROVE06/18/0396/PDE

    Proposed rear extension - Notification of larger home extension

    2 Council Houses Yarmouth Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 18 Jul 2018
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0731/F

    Proposed annexe for disabled person Robert Farmer (Parent)

    14 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3PU

    Received 16 Nov 2009
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0224/F

    Demolition of rear extension and new extension to front, side and rear

    4 Clay Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Mar 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0141/F

    Erection of one detached, 4 bedroom house with double garage

    Cherry Tree Avenue (Plot at) Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 28 Feb 2012
  14. NO OBJECTION06/25/0875/TRE

    5 Day Notice: Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. TBC) ; Fell dead tree in rear garden, 5 day notice consent under Regulation 14(1)(c) of the Town and County Planning (Tree Preservation) Regulations 2012

    2 The Village Main Road Fleggburgh NR29 3DL

    Received 21 Oct 2025
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0457/F

    Extension of occupancy period to 1st February to 14th January of the following year

    Cherry Tree Holiday Park Mill Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QR

    Received 29 Jul 2015
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0811/F

    Rear extension *

    5 Royden Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Oct 2000
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0571/F

    First floor dormer extension to existing balcony to form new bathroom

    104 Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5BT

    Received 15 Sept 2010
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0185/F

    Lounge extension and internal alterations

    7 Raven Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 8JX

    Received 20 Feb 2007
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0059/F

    Dormer to side and conversion of existing first floor loft to form bedroom and ensuite

    31 Chestnut Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8PL

    Received 1 Feb 2012
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0082/F

    Addition of conservatories

    Kings Drive (No's: 12 and 40) Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8TE

    Received 29 Jan 2008
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0704/F

    GIS

    1 North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4EZ

    Received 19 Sept 1996
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0716/F

    Conversion of premises to 8 no. additional residential flats.

    60/61 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 14 Sept 2005
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0363/F

    Pitched roof over bedroom two (existing flat roof) and sun room (existing glass roof)

    The Spinney, Hall Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LF

    Received 5 May 2005
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0207/F

    GIS

    Elm House The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Mar 1998

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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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