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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 · 23,883 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,999 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/14/0055/F

    Erection of a livestock building for pig rearing and finishing

    North Road (Land West of) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LG

    Received 28 Jan 2014
  2. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/10/0126/M

    Agricultural determination - erection of two polytunnels

    Pages Farm off Scratby Road Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 1 Mar 2010
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0758/F

    Installation of ATM machine

    73 Nelson Road North GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AS

    Received 24 Nov 2016
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0087/F

    Retention of stable building - previously approved under 06/07/0644/F

    Hobland Hall Cottages Hobland Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9AR NR31 9AR

    Received 14 Feb 2013
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0068/F

    Extension to side of house to form new lounge and double garage. Form new WC to rear of existing garage

    34 Willow Avenue Bradwell GREATYARMOUTH NR31 8JH

    Received 5 Feb 2015
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1008/F

    Conversion of first floor to living accommodation including a kitchen and bathroom; change ground floor to restaurant

    4 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1HX

    Received 27 Oct 2003
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0107/F

    Conversion and extension of residential care home to nine residential flats

    19/21 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Feb 2005
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0561/F

    Extension incorporating new kitchen area and foyer (replacing existing conservatory)

    L'Escale Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Sept 2010
  9. Accept Amend Notice06/23/0479/NMA

    Proposed non-material amendment to pp. 06/21/0853/D - Minor alterations to Plots 600 to 602: Change to proposed materials to be used - external facing materials to change from brick to render

    Land West of Woodfarm Lane (Bluebell Meadow) Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jun 2023
  10. WITHDRAWN06/01/0685/A

    4 public information pillars *

    South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Sept 2001
  11. NO OBJECTION06/04/0944/SU

    Extensions

    Breydon Mid Sch Moorland Way/ Waveney 1st Sch Bell Lane Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Sept 2004
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0279/F

    Proposed rear conservatory

    30 Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE

    Received 9 Apr 2014
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0791/F

    GIS

    Riverside Bakery Premises North Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Sept 1997
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0606/F

    First floor extension +

    19 Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jun 2003
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0344/F

    Proposed Extension

    4 Church Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5JP

    Received 8 Jun 2010
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0391/F

    Change of use of photographic processing lab into one 1 bedroom house & one 2 bedroom hse, erect one 2 bedroom house

    22 St Peters Plain and 7 Lancaster Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 14 May 2008
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0049/CU

    Conversion/change of use from house in multiple occupation into 6 self contained flats

    15-16 Wellesley Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AR

    Received 19 Feb 2020
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0164/F

    Proposed first floor conservatory

    27 High Street Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RT

    Received 21 Mar 2018
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0907/F

    Proposed construction of a mixed use commercial building comprising office (Class E) and storage & distribution (Class B8) uses; associated landscaping, new perimeter fencing; new accesses to Thamesfield Way and car parking area; removal of existing tank from site

    Site off Thamesfield Way South of Pasteur Retail Park Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0DN

    Received 17 Oct 2022
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0745/F

    Raising level of land & use of land for open storage, empty skips & containers & improved access to Harfreys Road

    East Coast Waste (Land at rear of) Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Aug 2007
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0702/F

    Proposed erection of pair of 3 bedroom semi-detached houses

    Land at junction of Stradbroke and Lowestoft Roads Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7AQ

    Received 9 Nov 2017
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0596/CU

    Change of use from residential flat to office and tattoo studio on 1st floor and office and storage on 2nd floor

    17A Upper Cliff Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6AG NR31 6AG

    Received 13 Sept 2016
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0754/F

    New single storey garden room/store

    47/48 Bells Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6AN NR31 6AN

    Received 23 Nov 2016
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0573/F

    Conversion of cattery to dwelling with extension to rear elevation

    High House Lound Road Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DS

    Received 14 Sept 2015

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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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