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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 · 23,896 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

21,012 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. NO OBJECTION06/25/0461/TCA

    Works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 (Conifer) - Crown reduction by 2 metres, width reduction by a maximum of 2 metres on both east and west sides, depth reduction by a maximum of 2 metres overhang to neighbour, depth reduction of a maximum of 2 metres on application property side; T2 (Conifer) - Fell tree in the rear garden

    34 Blackwall Reach Gorleston NR31 6RU

    Received 11 Jun 2025
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0768/HH

    Proposed erection of front and rear extensions including external balcony; proposed single storey side extension to form garage; associated external alterations

    111 Caister Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4DL

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0141/CU

    Change of use from guest house to single dwelling

    63 Avondale Road Jennis Lodge Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DJ

    Received 8 Mar 2017
  4. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/25/0789/LB

    Installation of a CCTV unit on the rear of the entrance Gatehouse.

    Old Cemetery Gatehouse corner of Magdalen Way and Crab Lane Gorleston NR31 8LT

    Received 26 Sept 2025
  5. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/23/0755/CD

    Discharge of Condition 11 of reserved matters approval 06/21/0944/D (Commercial mixed-use scheme for Bradwell Local Centre as per the pp 06/13/0652/O) - Details of secure and covered staff cycle shelters

    Unit 4 Woodfarm Lane Bradwell NR31 9YN

    Received 13 Oct 2023
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0115/F

    Single storey front extension *

    5 Links Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Feb 2001
  7. WITHDRAWN06/97/0844/F

    GIS

    272 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Oct 1997
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0364/F

    Extension to existing garage to form workshop/garden store

    2 Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3PP

    Received 6 May 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0998/O

    The erection of 24 detached dwellings

    Land to the rear of 46-52 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BE NR31 8BE

    Received 28 Nov 2006
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0150/F

    Sub-division of existing bungalow to form a pair of semi-detached bungalows

    Te-Aroha Albert Square Great Yarmouth NR30 3JH

    Received 16 Mar 2011
  11. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0102/A

    GIS

    14 Southtown Road The Rocket Public House Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Feb 1997
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0105/F

    Proposed rear utility and shower room extension

    Ridge Back House Heath Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HL

    Received 18 Feb 2009
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0594/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    27 Youell Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HT

    Received 22 Oct 2019
  14. Not proceeded with06/18/0376/F

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission 06/02/0718/F -To allow occupation all year round

    36 Four Acres Estate Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JB

    Received 6 Jul 2018
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0551/F

    Variation of condition 2 re: Planning Permission 06/16/0555/F - Change of design plots 2 & 3

    158 Burgh Road (land to rear of) Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AX

    Received 26 Sept 2018
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0288/F

    GIS

    16 Theatre Plain (Ladbrokes) Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Apr 1997
  17. WITHDRAWN06/99/0539/F

    GIS

    Cable Landing Station Low Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BJ

    Received 25 Jun 1999
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0675/F

    Construction of stables, tack room, hardstanding and paddocks

    Back Road (land off) West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jul 2006
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0156/F

    Kitchen extension and conservatory to rear

    97 Lords Lane Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PA

    Received 14 Mar 2017
  20. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/15/0322/F

    Demolition of existing buildings/stores and erection of detached bungalow

    7, 8 and 9 Marine Parade (Land r/o) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk

    Received 29 May 2015
  21. Not proceeded with06/21/0842/TRE

    Description Oak Tree at rear of No. 4 diseased - Remove Ash in entrance diseased - Remove Ash at rear of No.8 diseased - Remove

    Burgh Hall Park Tower Road Burgh St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3DW

    Received 30 Sept 2021
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1045/F

    Installation of automatic teller machine

    Co-op Store Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7AA

    Received 1 Nov 2004
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0471/F

    Overcladding of existing masonry external walls to warehouse with new profiled steel cladding panels. External repairs and redecoration, and new palisade security fencing to front boundary

    Salmon Road Selwood Ltd GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3QS

    Received 13 Aug 2018
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/1006/F

    Single storey extension to existing dwelling *

    Woodside Farm Common Lane Thurne Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Dec 2000

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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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