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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 · 23,874 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,990 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/99/0248/F

    GIS

    15 Sycamore Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Mar 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0759/F

    Erection of garage and garden store with storage loft/gym

    Sunnyside, Mill Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AW

    Received 24 Aug 2007
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0067/A

    Signs

    Caister Medical Centre West Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Jan 1996
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0443/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/09/0178/F for retention of existing three portacabins. Addition of 6 shipping containers

    Tech Safe Systems Ltd Shuttleworth Close (Parish of Bradwell) Gapton Hall Ind.Est Great Yarmouth NR31 0NQ

    Received 24 Jun 2014
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0313/F

    Variation of condition 2 of PP: 06/09/0792/F - amend site layout, alterative building footprint to Unit 16 and ancillary works

    Excalibur Road Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 May 2011
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0848/O

    Hybrid planning application seeking: (1) Full planning permission for construction of 446 residential dwellings and associated landscaping, access and highway works, drainage and infrastructure, and demolition of the existing farm buildings (2) Outline planning permission for: Up to 70 extra care dwellings (including community facilities and services) (Use Class C3(b)), up to 280sq.m of flexible non-residential floorspace for use as either Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) or Local Community and Learning (Class F) uses, and associated parking, landscaping, drainage and infrastructure, with details of means of access to the extra care units for approval, and details of layout, scale, appearance, landscaping and means of access to the non-residential floorspace reserved for future determination.

    Land South of Links Road and east of Lowestoft Road Hopton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 6JP

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  7. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/99/0235/LB

    GIS

    The Two Necked Swan Pub House Market Place Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Mar 1999
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0536/F

    GIS

    96 Winifred Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jul 1996
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0621/F

    Proposed installation of nitrogen storage silo ancillary to the current workshop operations of Hydra Rig

    National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Excalibur Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RQ

    Received 12 Nov 2018
  10. PERMITTED DEV.06/04/0441/F

    New fence

    Barnstable Pound Lane Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3BB

    Received 12 May 2004
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0626/F

    Single storey extension

    5 John Woodhouse Drive Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5WE

    Received 10 Aug 2005
  12. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0466/A

    1 externally illuminated fascia sign and 1 internally illuminated projecting sign

    8 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LY

    Received 3 Aug 2015
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0328/F

    Conversion of dwelling to 1 no one bed flat and 1 no three bed maisonette

    49 Crown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2JQ

    Received 2 May 2014
  14. PERMITTED DEV.06/21/0572/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - Erection of 4m x 6m single storey rear garden room extension (with removal of existing conservatory)

    31 Kennedy Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6JB

    Received 13 Jul 2021
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0008/F

    Extension to provide enlarged living accommodation

    Property adjoining Keynotes Main Road B1152 Billockby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BQ

    Received 13 Jan 2020
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0199/HH

    Installation of dropped kerb, removal of front wall and construction of shingle driveway

    9 Newnham Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7JS

    Received 18 Mar 2024
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0312/F

    Five holiday chalets and relocation of childrens play area

    Waveney Valley Holiday Village Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Apr 2004
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1040/F

    18-hole crazy golf course with pay kiosk, store and fencing *

    Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Nov 2002
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0131/OBL

    Application to partially discharge planning obligations required by Section 106 Agreement dated 22 December 2022 relating only to Phase 2 of outline pp. 06/16/0391/SU and reserved matters approval 06/21/0313/D (comprising 44 dwellings and associated works) - Schedule 4: Off-Site Open Space Contribution; and, Schedule 5: Habitats Mitigation Contribution.

    Site 25, Beacon Park Gorleston

    Received 26 Feb 2026
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1110/F

    First floor rear extension

    9 Poplar Drive Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Dec 2003
  21. WITHDRAWN06/07/0230/F

    Construction of new dwelling

    "Kooky Burrow" (adj) The Loke Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 6 Mar 2007
  22. WITHDRAWN06/01/0114/LB

    Alterations and extension to cottage *

    Shamrock Cottage Pit Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Feb 2001
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0294/F

    Ground and first floor extension

    22 West Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RP

    Received 11 May 2010
  24. WITHDRAWN06/11/0078/F

    Change of house type on plots 58,59,67,68,69,70, 71 & 72.House type on plot 66 repositioned & single garage attached to east gable.Alterations to associated detached garages to the aforementioned plots

    Blue Sky Gardens (Development of Land) Market Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Feb 2011

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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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