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20,990 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/04/0340/F

    Rooms within roof area extension

    6 Willow Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HY

    Received 7 Apr 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0960/F

    Conversion of retail unit (shop) to private domestic dwelling *

    221 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RR

    Received 11 Dec 2001
  3. WITHDRAWN06/04/0993/F

    New garage

    4 Allendale Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Oct 2004
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0595/F

    White UPVC lean to conservatory with brick dwarf wall

    20 Castle Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Jul 2006
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0824/F

    Alterations to form a unit of living accommodation on first and second floors *

    46 Regent Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Sept 2003
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0455/F

    New extension link & garage conversion incorporating new playroom, bedroom & en-suite (No. 5). Pitched roof to garage at (No. 5) & (No. 6)

    5 The Close & 6 The Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4ER

    Received 23 Jul 2010
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0900/F

    Two-storey extension to rear

    18 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Sept 2004
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0199/F

    Conservatory

    60 St Nicholas Drive Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QS

    Received 2 Mar 2004
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0586/F

    Three bedroom house adjoining 31 St Johns Avenue

    31 St Johns Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 7JZ

    Received 4 Jul 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0081/CU

    Change use ground/first floors from holiday flats to office, meeting place and places of worship

    39/39a Northgate Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Feb 2005
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0320/F

    Proposed rear extension

    48 California Crescent Scratby Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NS

    Received 14 May 2015
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0219/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/09/0290/F - Proposed demolition of existing building and erection of 5 no residential town houses with car parking spaces

    Land off Dock Tavern Lane Gorleston Great Yamouth NR31 6PY

    Received 16 Apr 2012
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0723/SU

    Renewal of planning permission for portable building (06/94/0749/SU)

    Jellicoe Road (north of) Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Sept 1995
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0264/F

    Relocation of an existing Portakabin Ultima modular building and link to a new single-storey Portakabin Ultima modular building to be used for a period of up to 5 years

    Perenco UK Ltd Thamesfield Way Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0DN

    Received 25 Apr 2012
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0726/F

    Internal alterations and demolition of existing kitchen and new extension forming kitchen and dining room *

    11 Sycamore Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Aug 1999
  16. Not proceeded with06/24/0919/CU

    1. Change of use from Class E to Sui Generis (hot takeaway 'Fried Chicken/pizza Etc' with food mostly consumed off the premises). 2. Provision of external ducting and extraction fan for commercial kitchen. 3. External redecoration.

    170A High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RG

    Received 26 Nov 2024
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0400/F

    Proposal to install no.1 steel roller shutter to rear door and no.1 steel shutter to front ground floor entrance and windows

    Artemor Ltd 153 Nelson Road Central GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2HL

    Received 7 May 2021
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0228/F

    Continued use of the site for car washing and valeting, with the retention of portable buildings as reception and storage, and installation of portable open drying area (Part retrospective)

    85B North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1JF

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  19. NO OBJECTION06/25/0962/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 4 2019) T1 (Beech) Fell dead tree which presents risk of harm - 5 day notice (Under Regulation 14(1)(a)(i) of the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulation 2012)

    1 Rye Gardens Main Road Fleggburgh NR29 3FJ

    Received 15 Nov 2025
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0792/F

    Extension to side to form utility room; demolition of existing garage & erection of double garage to front

    1 Damgate Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 5 Sept 2007
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0441/BS

    Installation of bio-disc sewage treatment to serve 1/7, and 12/14 Tower Road

    7 Tower Road Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5JW

    Received 1 Jun 2000
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1006/CU

    Radio control model car track +

    Hall Farm Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DG

    Received 19 Nov 2002
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0163/CU

    Change of use from allotment land to public open space/play area

    Runham Vauxhall Allotment Land (Part) Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 8 Mar 2012
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0212/F

    Proposed single storey front extension

    85 Beach Road Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3PG

    Received 10 Apr 2019

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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.

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