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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
29,611Searchable applications
221Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,925 approved or refused records
2,888Refused applications

21,037 approved · 2,888 refused · 1,241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/17/0624/F

    Replacement of sectional garage

    11 Blackbird Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RT

    Received 6 Oct 2017
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0708/F

    Single storey garage

    46 St Georges Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LE

    Received 4 Nov 2009
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0405/F

    Nine detached bungalows (amended designs) *

    Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth (Plots 2/10)

    Received 7 May 2002
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0119/F

    Amendment to approved plan 06/13/0066/F with alterations to east elevation. Replace flat roof with pitched tiled roof

    40 Busseys Loke Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HG

    Received 24 Feb 2014
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0269/TRE

    Proposed works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (ref TPO No. 2 1979) - Groups G3 and G4 - Proposal to carry out works to multiple trees. Proposed works include; crown lift, crown reduction, pruning and fell multiple trees. (Full details of the proposed works can be seen online within Tree Survey.)

    Potters Leisure Resort Coast Road Hopton NR31 9BX

    Received 9 Apr 2024
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0134/F

    GIS

    10 Cherry Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Feb 1998
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0505/F

    Proposed smokers refuge

    California Tavern California Road, California Great Yarmouth NR29 3QW

    Received 6 Jun 2007
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1020/F

    Conservatory to front elevation

    45 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3NH

    Received 23 Nov 2007
  9. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/21/1019/PAD

    Prior approval application for erection of new agricultural building 12m x 6m x 6.3m for the storage of machinery

    The Grange Fleggburgh Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5AJ

    Received 10 Dec 2021
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0694/F

    Garage

    27 Seafield Road North Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Aug 1995
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0135/F

    Remove existing carport garage & conservatory and erection of side/rear extension

    16 Grove Road Repps with Bastwick Great Yarmouth NR29 5JL

    Received 8 Mar 2011
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0859/F

    Single storey extension with pitched roof for wheelchair services, storage and patient activity area *

    James Paget Hospital NHS Trust Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Oct 1994
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0639/CU

    Change of use from sheltered housing care home (Use Class C2) to provide a 9no. 1-bedroom supported housing facility (sui generis use) for vulnerable single persons with support needs.

    Abbeyfield House 77-79 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth NR30 1QS

    Received 6 Aug 2024
  14. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/16/0206/F

    Demolition of existing garage and erection of single storey dwelling

    25 Rollesby Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4SW

    Received 22 Feb 2016
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0259/F

    GIS

    3 Lexington Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Apr 1997
  16. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/25/0253/PAD

    Application of Prior Approval for an upward extension to existing detached dwelling.

    Burghwell Lodge, Market Road Burgh Castle NR31 9EN

    Received 25 Mar 2025
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0820/F

    Granny flat to rear +

    52 Avondale Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Sept 1994
  18. PERMITTED DEV.06/16/0301/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - single storey rear extension

    7 Snowdrop Cottages Old Chapel Road Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BQ

    Received 9 May 2016
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0685/F

    Secure lock up market type stall for retail sales of souvenirs

    104 &105 Regent Road (Site between) Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 1 Aug 2007
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/24/0003/A

    Proposed erection of a 5.04m tall 4-pole single-sided carriageway sign (4.88m wide x 2.44m high) to advertise housing estate development for a temporary period of 4 years

    Land adjacent A149, south of Westerly Way Caister NR30 5AP

    Received 3 Jan 2024
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0404/F

    Subdivision of existing shop (use Class A1) to hot food take-away (use Class A5). New shop front and installation of flue

    30-32 Almond Road Your Ideal Shop Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AA

    Received 23 Jun 2011
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0521/F

    Conservatory to rear *

    71 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LZ

    Received 2 Jun 2003
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0735/F

    Proposed change of use from residential dwelling into 5 no residential flats

    20 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AR

    Received 13 Dec 2013
  24. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/26/0219/F

    Erection of 2no. over 55s single storey bungalows; creation of passing bay on Garfield Terrace.

    Land at Garfield Villa Garfield Terrace Caister on Sea NR30 5DG

    Received 25 Mar 2026

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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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