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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21,012 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/14/0324/F

    Steel shed for the storage of outdoor play equipment - previously approved 06/08/0777/F

    Peggotty Road Community Centre Peggotty Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3EF

    Received 30 Apr 2014
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0470/F

    Proposed conversion of existing barn into residential dwelling

    8 Collis Lane (Barn adjacent) East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4DT

    Received 17 Jul 2015
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0834/F

    Loft conversion with dormer *

    22 Orchard Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AY

    Received 20 Sept 2002
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0257/F

    Extension to front elevation +

    44 Brooke Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Mar 2002
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0122/TRE

    Proposed works to protected trees (Tree Preservation Order ref: TPO No.4, 1990) - T6 Beech & T7 Horse Chestnut: crown reduction of 2 metres and crown raise to no higher than 4 metres above ground level.

    58 High Street Caister NR30 5EH

    Received 13 Feb 2025
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0286/F

    Proposed demolition of existing vacant car showroom and garage. Redevelop to provide 11 no. family homes with rear courtyards and associated works

    Hammond Road (Former Car Showroom & Garage) Great Yarmouth NR30 4HX

    Received 9 May 2013
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0655/F

    Addition of conservatory at rear of existing bungalow

    25 Busseys Loke Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Jul 1995
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0018/F

    Erection of two-storey community usage building with hard play, car parking and storage

    Shrublands Community Centre Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jan 2004
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0080/F

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission 06/14/0781/F to allow the placement of tables and chairs on footway for a further 5 years

    2 Regent Road Costa Coffee GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2AF

    Received 21 Feb 2020
  10. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/24/0048/A

    Installation of advertisement signage: 2no. high level internally-illuminated canopy-level roof-mounted signs; 1no. 6m high internally-illuminated free-standing flagpole sign; 3no. externally-illuminated low-level wall-mounted billboard signs; 1no. internally-illuminated column-mounted poster display unit; 2no. non-illuminated freestanding directional signs.

    Land at former Trafalgar College Thamesfield Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0DN

    Received 19 Jan 2024
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0464/F

    Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of new chalet bungalow with garage

    3 Meadowcroft Bungalow Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 27 Jun 2016
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0487/BF

    Replacement single storey dwelling

    Priory Cottage Riverbank St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HF

    Received 27 May 2004
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0200/F

    Conversion of barns into two residential dwellings

    The Barn White House Farm The Street West Somerton

    Received 9 Mar 1995
  14. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0834/F

    Rear two-storey extension, side kitchen extension, conservatory and new garage roof

    27 Bernard Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Oct 1995
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0516/F

    Rear lounge, bedroom and bathroom extension

    48 Roman Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jun 2004
  16. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/15/0618/F

    Variation of condition 4 of P.P:06/04/0317/F - to allow foodstore to trade until 22:00 hours Monday to Saturday

    Lidl Pasteur Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DW NR31 0DW

    Received 9 Oct 2015
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0267/F

    Erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling

    Woodside Lodge 3 Lady Hamilton Lane Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3NB

    Received 11 Apr 2005
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0911/F

    GIS

    Leo Coles Pavilion Green Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QG

    Received 13 Nov 1998
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0525/HH

    Proposed first floor bedroom extension over existing ground floor extension.

    27 Cormorant Way Bradwell NR31 9UH

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0864/F

    Rear extension

    2 Goffin Terrace Sandy Lane Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Sept 2004
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0521/F

    Existing chain link fence to be increased in height from approx 3.000m to 5.000m high with 50 x 50 angle supports

    Caister High School Windsor Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LS

    Received 8 Jun 2004
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0271/F

    Proposed area for portable ice cream equipment/fruit smoothie barrow

    Joyland Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2DL

    Received 12 Apr 2016
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0145/F

    Two storey side extension

    47 Heather Gardens Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9PP

    Received 13 Mar 2019
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0953/F

    Erection of summer house in communal garden (2.3m x 4m including verandah)

    St Augustines Place Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Oct 2003

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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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