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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
29,578Searchable applications
221Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,866 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,982 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/17/0020/F

    Proposed ground floor extension, first floor extension with balcony to bedroom. New garage

    3 Hobland Cottages Hobland Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AR

    Received 16 Jan 2017
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0237/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/09/0472/F for demolition of existing garage; extension to form ground floor garage and first floor bedroom

    12 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE

    Received 17 Apr 2012
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0472/F

    Proposed side extension

    Milestone West Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TB

    Received 23 Jul 2012
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0443/F

    GIS

    The Cottage Manor Gardens Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jun 1998
  5. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0729/PDO

    Prior approval for installation of solar panels

    Ormiston Herman Academy Oriel Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7JL

    Received 21 Nov 2017
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0618/F

    Proposed change of use of existing dwelling to form 2No. 2 bedroom apartments and one studio apartment

    2 Walpole Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4NG

    Received 17 Oct 2013
  7. NO OBJECTION06/95/0907/M

    GDO Part 24 application - siting of a radio mast and radio equipment

    Havenbridge House North Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Nov 1995
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0398/F

    Revised kitchen & bathroom extension and side boundary wall - previously approved on 06/07/0531/F

    7 Cliff Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JY

    Received 20 Jun 2012
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0047/F

    GIS

    22 Coxswain Read Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Jan 1999
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0549/F

    Remove superimposed arches from framework, instal new entrance doors (one set automatic) *

    37/39 Market Place Palmers (Great Yarmouth) Ltd Great Yarmouth NR30 1LU

    Received 19 Jun 2002
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0343/F

    Retrospective application for a 1.9m high fence along North Road boundary and continue along Station Road boundary

    1 Station Road Ivydene Residential Care Home Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 May 2013
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0340/CU

    Change of use of premises to storage and distribution use

    27/30 North River Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SH

    Received 27 Apr 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0354/F

    Rear extension and loft conversion. Front and rear entrance porch. Demolition of existing garage and construction of brick garage (new location)

    16 Youell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HT

    Received 7 Jun 2011
  14. NO OBJECTION06/25/0784/TEL

    Proposed installation of wooden poles for fixed broadband purposes

    O/s New House Harpers Lane Bradwell NR31 9EL

    Received 26 Sept 2025
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0129/F

    Single storey extension *

    3 Hill View Drive Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Feb 2003
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1010/F

    Renewal of planning permission

    20 Pavilion Road Harbour Hotel Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Dec 1994
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0817/F

    GIS

    16 Fairway Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Oct 1996
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0865/OBL

    Application to part discharge Section 106 Agreement planning obligations dated 24 May 2023 pursuant to pp 06/19/0676/O (Outline planning application with all matters reserved, except access, for up to 665 dwellings; local centre (to include A1-A5, B1, D1 and other community uses); land for a primary school; health centre; plus associated infrastructure and open space) - Schedule 4: Sustainable Drainage for part of Phase 1a; Schedule 10: Primary School Site and Education Contribution - (Access for the County Council for the purposes of survey and inspection); Schedule 12: County Council Monitoring Fee; Schedule 13: Travel Plan for Phase 1

    Nova Scotia Farm Caister

    Received 1 Nov 2024
  19. Not proceeded with06/24/0956/CD

    Discharge of Condition 1 of Planning Reference Number: 06/21/0910/F

    Windy Willows Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth NR31 9DP

    Received 12 Dec 2024
  20. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0209/NMA

    Non-material amendment for 06/13/0615/F - Provision of an additional window at first floor to front elevation over existing porch

    24 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SA

    Received 25 Mar 2014
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0851/F

    Summer House (shed)

    4 Belle of the East Way Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9EE NR31 9EE

    Received 4 Oct 2006
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0678/CU

    Use of land for the siting and use of static holiday caravans and the use of built holiday accommodation from 1st February - 14th January while retaining the all year round occupation of four existing flats for the caretaker and immediate family

    Summerfields Holiday Village Beach Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NW

    Received 28 Nov 2018
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0350/F

    Open a 7.8m section of existing front garden wall and create a dropped kerb across pavement for vehicular access

    Greengates High Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5JH

    Received 17 Aug 2020
  24. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/10/0468/F

    Two storey rear extension to form kitchen/dining room & two bedrooms

    9 Sandringham Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DY

    Received 29 Jul 2010

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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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