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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20,982 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/95/0065/F

    Erection of security fence - 1. Adjacent to existing Hall; 2. On boundary of site adjac. to the public right of way

    58 Lowestoft Road Latter Day Saints Chapel Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jan 1995
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0140/F

    Revised house type on Plot 1, residential

    Plot 1, Land at 152 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 13 Feb 2007
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0969/CU

    Change of use to cafe (A3)

    25 Gatacre Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Nov 1997
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0498/F

    Single storey front extension forming sun room *

    59 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QF

    Received 19 Jun 2000
  5. WITHDRAWN06/01/0604/O

    Two 2-storey dwellings +

    Town Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Aug 2001
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0324/F

    Two-storey side extension *

    12 Styles Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Apr 2003
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0580/F

    Conservatory to rear of property *

    1a Hawthorn Crescent Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PX

    Received 12 Jul 2000
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0039/CU

    Change of use from C3 (residential) to D1 (non-residential institution)

    Caretakers Bungalow Bell Lane Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9LD

    Received 21 Jan 2016
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0513/F

    Conservatory *

    2 Manor Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5HG

    Received 23 Jun 2000
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0467/F

    GIS

    Tinker's Rest Staithe Road Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jun 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0789/F

    Entrance lobby, cloaks and kitchen extension

    7 Maple Gardens Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8ND

    Received 14 Dec 2016
  12. REFUSED06/25/1103/PAD

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed conversion of the existing agricultural storage shelter, into a single two-storey 3-bedroom residential dwelling (Use Class C3), with associated external alterations including erection of new external wall to west elevation. (under the provisions of Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended))

    Agricultural Shelter 90m west of Rose Cottage (Doles Lane), at Oak Park Farm Mill Road Burgh Castle NR31 9YJ

    Received 30 Dec 2025
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0344/F

    New entrance to existing classrooms with ramp access, new canopy overhead and new timber entrance gates

    St Nicholas Priory Middle School Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NL

    Received 19 May 2015
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0324/F

    Erection of 60m guided wind monitoring mast

    The Old Met Station Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Mar 2006
  15. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/23/0386/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1 x 8m wooden telephone pole for fixed line Broadband

    OS All Saints Church Church Lane Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HW

    Received 4 May 2023
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0017/F

    Proposed new woodshed

    Caister Castle Castle Lane West Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5SN

    Received 11 Jan 2017
  17. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/02/0206/A

    Advertisement pillars (June to September)

    Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (Sites GY21/GY22/GY61/GY56/ GY57)

    Received 5 Mar 2002
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0572/F

    Kitchen extension and conservatory *

    3 Pound Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3BB

    Received 24 Jul 2001
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0851/F

    Conversion of existing dwelling into four residential units, construction of link corridor & associated works

    2 Norfolk Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1EE

    Received 21 Nov 2008
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0731/F

    Erection of container test gantry at Unit A *

    Units A and C Harfreys Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR30 0LS

    Received 23 Aug 1994
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0158/F

    Roof conversion

    31 Hawthorn Crescent Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 8PX

    Received 27 Feb 2008
  22. Accept Amend Notice Conditions/Reasons06/20/0395/NMA

    Non material amendment to pp 06/19/0671/F - Replace dual pitch roof with lean to roof

    7 Fallowfield Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4NT

    Received 6 Aug 2020
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0403/CU

    Change of use from hotel to a respite care home

    30 North Drive Gable End Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 4EW

    Received 8 Jun 2012
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0433/CU

    Change of use part of shop into cafe with outside seating

    Mason's Stores 1 John Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5NG

    Received 30 May 2008

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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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