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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 · 23,861 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,977 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/Reasons06/05/0456/O

    Single bungalow

    Breckland Porters Loke Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jun 2005
  2. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0265/A

    Proposed signage

    Pets at Home (Unit 4) Pasteur Retail Park Thamesfield Way GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DH

    Received 19 Apr 2016
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0969/F

    GIS

    18 Taylors Loke Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Nov 1999
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0811/F

    GIS

    Herons Flight Church Lane Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9EZ

    Received 2 Oct 1997
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0549/F

    New vehicular access

    84 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PQ

    Received 15 Jul 2005
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0200/F

    Detached bungalow and garage +

    Albemarle Rd/Downing Rd Gorleston Great Yarmouth (builders yard rear of)

    Received 9 Mar 2001
  7. APPROVE06/19/0330/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment of Planning Permission 06/17/0777/F - Plot 2 - Revised fenestration. Revised proposal for double garage in lieu of car shelter/garage. Southern boundary relocated approx. 1 metre to South.

    White Gates Main Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AG

    Received 18 Jun 2019
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0443/HH

    Removal of front wall and creation of dropped kerb and hard surface for use as vehicle driveway and parking.

    54 Suffolk Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PZ

    Received 8 Jun 2025
  9. EST/LAW USE CER.06/23/0666/PU

    Application for Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use of garden for siting of a caravan / mobile home for residential use ancillary to the main dwelling known as Alcrest, Newport Road, Hemsby, NR29 4NN, on a permanent basis.

    Alcrest Newport Road Hemsby NR29 4NN

    Received 7 Sept 2023
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0103/F

    GIS

    2 Hilldrop Cottages Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Feb 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0718/F

    Change of use from 20 chalets and 20 touring caravans to 37 touring caravans *

    Cherry Tree Holiday Park Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Sept 1998
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0672/CD

    Discharge of conditions 9 and 15 of pp. 06/17/0339/O - on site parking & location of fire hydrants

    Lowestoft Road (Land East of) Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk nr31 9bd

    Received 11 Dec 2020
  13. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0511/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    7 Dove Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8QY

    Received 10 Aug 2017
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0971/O

    GIS

    Mulberry Tree House (west of) Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS

    Received 8 Dec 1998
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0022/CU

    Change of use to A3

    3 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4DD

    Received 12 Jan 2005
  16. EST/LAW USE CER.06/12/0345/EU

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as a house in multiple occupation

    5 Waterloo Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AF

    Received 21 May 2012
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0221/VCF

    Variation of condition 12 of pp 06/21/0207/F - Sub-division of garden to form three plots for two bungalows and detached house and garage -To retain only tree T1 and fell trees on north boundary due to poor condition

    Branton House North Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LR

    Received 9 Mar 2022
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0606/F

    Variation of Condition 3 of pp. 06/20/0318/O - reduction in plot size to increase spacing between dwellings and revised proposal to reduce potential overlooking

    Land adj to Hilldrop Farmhouse Butt Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AJ

    Received 10 Nov 2020
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0002/F

    Relocatable bldgs to provide temporary accommodation for 8 classrooms,IT room,staff room, drying room, canteen & kitchen

    East Norfolk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth, NR31 7BQ

    Received 2 Jan 2008
  20. WITHDRAWN06/97/0982/F

    GIS

    15 School Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Dec 1997
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0671/F

    Removal of shop front and replace with roller shutter to match existing shutters on premises +

    47 Regent Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Aug 1994
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/1028/F

    GIS

    The Rectory Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Dec 1999
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0740/F

    Single storey extension & conversion of existing garage to form new bedroom with en-suite shower room and WC

    101 Blackbird Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RT

    Received 3 Nov 2014
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0102/F

    Single storey kitchen extension to the rear of the property incorporating some internal alterations

    46 Barleycroft Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4NS NR29 4NS

    Received 27 Jan 2006

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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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