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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 · 23,851 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,967 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/18/0362/F

    Variation of condition 2 re: PP: 06/16/0626/F - Increase size of building and revised siting

    82 Middleton Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7AH

    Received 2 Jul 2018
  2. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/21/0656/LB

    Conversion of former hotel into 4no. self contained flats

    The Ascot 41 Nelson Road South GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3JA

    Received 28 Jul 2021
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0036/F

    Extension to bungalow and repositioning of existing detached garage

    9 Four Acres Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JB

    Received 18 Jan 2005
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0192/F

    Re-siting of milking parlour with small raised bank between parlour and main house - previously approved under 06/09/0228/F

    Billockby Hall Farm Billockby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3BE

    Received 29 Mar 2010
  5. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/95/0385/CU

    Change of use to building society outlet

    184 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 May 1995
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0819/F

    New vehicular access and front boundary wall *

    Mill Farm Mill Lane Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Sept 2003
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0227/F

    New conservatory/porch

    44 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 2 Mar 2007
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0923/TRE

    Works to Tree Preservation Order protected tree ref: TPO No.19 2023 - T1 Pine: Proposal to fell to ground level

    48 North Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3LD

    Received 20 Dec 2023
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0827/F

    Change of use of land to form a shared surfaced path as part of the national cycle network

    Former Railway between Longfulans Lane (Land adj) and The County Boundary Hopton

    Received 25 Oct 2005
  10. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0744/A

    Fascia two box signs. Website manifestations window graphics

    Market Gates Shopping Centre Unit 5 Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 12 Dec 2012
  11. WITHDRAWN06/20/0566/F

    Construction of 10 residential dwellings, together with associated infrastructure works

    Land north of Crab Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 11 Nov 2020
  12. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0182/CD

    Discharge of Condition 9 of pp. 06/24/0639/CU (Change of use from sheltered housing care home (Use Class C2) to provide a 9no. 1-bedroom supported housing facility (sui generis use) for vulnerable single persons with support needs.) - Car parking layout details

    Abbeyfield House, 77-79 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 1QS

    Received 13 Mar 2026
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0336/F

    Single storey rear extension

    The Magdalen Arms Magdalen Way Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7BN

    Received 8 Jun 2015
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0390/F

    GIS

    Great Yarmouth Racecourse Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth (land adjacent)

    Received 13 May 1997
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0449/F

    Extension to form bathroom *

    5 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PW

    Received 2 Jun 2000
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0964/F

    Alts and exts to form first floor pitched roof ext over extg ground floor flat roofed areas and conservatory *

    2 Solent Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5EQ

    Received 4 Nov 2002
  17. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/07/0848/F

    Erection of 6.4m wind turbine on side of garage

    1 St Nicholas Drive Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5QT NR30 5QT

    Received 24 Sept 2007
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0551/O

    Proposed redevelopment of a lock up garage facility with the construction of 8 No. 2½ storey town houses

    Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0EQ

    Received 11 Sept 2013
  19. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/1026/O

    One two-bedroomed house

    Kontiki Wapping Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JY

    Received 25 Oct 2004
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0293/F

    Removal of existing outbuilding and proposed erection of single storey side extension to form a 1no. bedroom annexe

    17 Ranworth Drive Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3SH

    Received 18 Apr 2024
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0642/F

    GIS

    206 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Aug 1996
  22. Accept Amend Notice06/23/0650/NMA

    Proposed non-material amendment to pp. 06/20/0195/F (Variation of 06/17/0546/F) - construction of replacement care home - Amend facing brick material from the approved Chelsea Smoked Red to Ibstock Blomfield Red Multi.

    93-94 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 1 Sept 2023
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0837/F

    Proposed swimming pool building

    47 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PF

    Received 18 Nov 2008
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0171/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension and front porch

    16 Long Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8PP

    Received 26 Feb 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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