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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
29,619Searchable applications
221Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,936 approved or refused records
2,890Refused applications

21,046 approved · 2,890 refused · 1,242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. NO OBJECTION06/01/0223/SU

    Replacement and modifications to windows *

    Oriel High School Oriel Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 7JJ

    Received 19 Mar 2001
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0451/F

    Single storey rear extension to extend kitchen and dining room

    8 Raven Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8JY

    Received 18 Jul 2011
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0540/F

    Garage

    69 Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jun 1995
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0697/O

    Proposed town house with parking

    Bermondsey Place East (Land Off) Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2DF

    Received 21 Nov 2012
  5. WITHDRAWN06/01/0011/EU

    Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as shop and premises *

    5 Alma Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jan 2001
  6. CON. AREA. REFUSE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/08/0027/CC

    Demolition of existing house and ancillary buildings to facilitate residential development

    Elmside and Adjacent Land White Street Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 8 Jan 2008
  7. WITHDRAWN06/22/0705/TRE

    Works to tree - T1 Polar (TPO no.7 1993) - Remove tree down to ground level

    Tesco Yarmouth Road Caister-on-sea NORFOLK NR30 5DL

    Received 12 Aug 2022
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0084/CU

    Change of use from business premises to residential

    69b Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1NU

    Received 29 Jan 2004
  9. EST/LAW USE CER.06/11/0807/EU

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use as a dwelling house (bungalow) on existing poultry unit

    Martham West Farm Bungalow Low Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RE

    Received 13 Dec 2011
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0829/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/93/0835/F for temporary office accommodation

    Vanguard Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Sept 1994
  11. ADV. CONSENT06/03/0082/A

    Ten six metre high flagpoles *

    Seashore Holiday Park North Drive Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Feb 2003
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0539/F

    Single storey front extension (conservatory) *

    56 California Crescent California Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jun 1994
  13. PERMITTED DEV.06/06/0843/F

    Demolition of existing lean to building and construction of new single storey extension to incorporate a bathroom

    5 Granville Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Oct 2006
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0094/F

    Proposed single storey side extension

    47 Beach Drive Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NP

    Received 9 Feb 2018
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0033/F

    Residential dwelling and garage

    Rollesby Road (Plot 2) Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jan 1996
  16. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/19/0442/CD

    Discharge of conditions 5 and 7 of Planning Permission 06/17/0546/F - Surface water drainage and boundary treatment

    93-96 North Denes Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4LW

    Received 31 Jul 2019
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0939/F

    Installation of 8no. asymmetric 3m-tall LED flood lights (retrospective), for use in association with operation of the dog exercise field.

    Grange Farm Common Road Martham NR29 4RA

    Received 4 Dec 2024
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0634/F

    PVC conservatory at rear of kitchen *

    42 Westerley Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AP

    Received 25 Jul 2000
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0112/CU

    Change of use from retail shop with living over to restaurant with living over +

    159 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Feb 2001
  20. Accept Amend Notice06/14/0552/NMA

    Alterations to private living room & bedroom with en-suite, reduce the size and reposition the en-suite window

    7 May Cottages Back Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BG

    Received 20 Aug 2014
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1077/F

    Demolish existing single storey extension to east, construct new single storey extension to east & north

    66a Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 22 Dec 2006
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0992/F

    Improvements and renovation of ex building; change of use to shop/restaurant and living accommodation in outbuilding

    4 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Oct 2003
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0621/F

    Rear extension and loft conversion

    7 Buxton Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6HG

    Received 15 Oct 2015
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0551/F

    GIS

    11 Manby Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Jul 1998

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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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