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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 · 23,844 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,960 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/18/0111/F

    New access to site from highway for four, two bedroom cottages (approved under 06/17/0487/F)

    Queens Head Public House High Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 9 Feb 2018
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0911/F

    Rear extension *

    101 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Oct 2002
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0184/F

    Installation of black powder coated railings and gate to a height of 1.7 metres at rear of property adjacent Riverside Road

    76 High Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PB

    Received 26 Mar 2010
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0107/F

    Conservatory *

    200 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JG

    Received 8 Feb 2001
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0092/F

    GIS

    5 Filby Lane (land adjoining) Deepdale Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Feb 1997
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0221/F

    Retrospective application for installation of PVC window to en-suite (Plots 1 and 2) and air source heat pumps (Plots 1 to 8)

    Walnut Tree Avenue Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QS

    Received 17 Mar 2014
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0987/F

    Conversion of first floor offices into three self-contained flats

    27 Hall Plain Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2QD

    Received 13 Nov 2007
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0112/F

    Demolish existing rear extension and build new two storey extension

    17 Duncan Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3BL

    Received 26 Feb 2013
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0446/F

    Demolition of existing building and construction of two new dwellings

    9 Union Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2BS

    Received 14 Jun 2016
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0702/F

    Access to field

    Lound Road Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Aug 1994
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0382/F

    To erect a new one bedroomed single storey dwelling

    21 California Avenue (rear of) Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3PE

    Received 5 Jun 2015
  12. WITHDRAWN06/97/0210/CU

    GIS

    10/11 Regent Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Mar 1997
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0120/F

    Erection of detached garage/study

    15 Lynn Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AW

    Received 25 Feb 2014
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0194/F

    Variation of condition No. 5 of planning permission No. 06/03/0565/F to extend opening hours to 12.00 midnight

    Pink Palace Amusements & Takeaway Rottenstone Lane California Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 Feb 2007
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0085/F

    Proposed detached chalet bungalow rear of Elmgrove Court

    Elmgrove Court (land rear of) Elmgrove Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7PS

    Received 11 Feb 2014
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0190/F

    Proposed sub-division of existing curtilage to allow the erection of a two bedroom detached bungalow

    Redmond (Adjacent) Drift Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QH

    Received 10 Mar 2014
  17. Not proceeded with06/24/0028/HH

    TBC: Extension and conversion of garage to garden room; External alterations to garage comprising infilling garage door, inserting bi-fold doors and rear extension.

    2 Kestrel Close Bradwell NR31 8QS

    Received 14 Jan 2024
  18. NO OBJECTION06/26/0658/TCA

    Works to trees in a Conservation Area - Removal of acer within conservation area No11. Replant a small tree/shrub more suitable to its position within the rear garden

    Wood House, 5 The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JT

    Received 13 Aug 2026
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/14/0376/F

    Renewal of permission for motorbike track and earth bund

    Church Farm Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9DU

    Received 23 May 2014
  20. DETAILS NOT REQ'D Conditions/Reasons06/23/0480/MM

    Proposed 15m 5G telecoms installation: H3G street pole and additional equipment cabinets

    O/Side 92 Church Lane/Junction of Shrublands Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8LU

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0731/F

    New residential dwelling.

    2 Coronation Avenue Rollesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5EP

    Received 10 Dec 2012
  22. DETAILS NOT REQ REV06/05/0768/M

    Agricultural determination - erection of agricultural building.

    O/S 6700 & part 8400 off Winterton Road Kings Loke Hemsby

    Received 30 Sept 2005
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0871/F

    Extension to office

    California Sands Chalet Park California Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Oct 1995
  24. WITHDRAWN06/20/0264/O

    Sub division of garden to create plot and construction of detached house and garage including new garage to existing property

    The Nurseries Station Road South Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JG

    Received 17 Jun 2020

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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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