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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
29,551Searchable applications
225Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,151 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,267 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/04/1167/F

    Woodgrain upvc Victorian conservatory with brick dwarf wall

    24 Eastern Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5HX

    Received 6 Dec 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0665/F

    Retention of vehicle rental business - previously approved under 06/04/1203/F

    211 Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0NL

    Received 1 Nov 2010
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0447/F

    New two storey dwelling with bedrooms to roof void and new garage to existing house

    R/O 17 Elmgrove Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 7PP NR31 7PP

    Received 15 May 2007
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0237/CU

    Ground floor lock up shop change of use to Class A2 (Financial & Professional Services)

    Unit 4 High Street Precinct Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LL

    Received 19 Mar 2008
  5. WITHDRAWN06/09/0766/CU

    Change of use from agricultural land for the development of a bmx & mountain bike track & future facilities to support the track

    Fairview Farm Stepshort Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JS

    Received 8 Dec 2009
  6. WITHDRAWN06/09/0280/F

    Variation of Condition 2 of PP 06/08/0240/F to allow the sale of hot food

    Bubbles Take-away 4 Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BN

    Received 29 Apr 2009
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0140/HH

    Proposed single storey rear and side extension.

    Acacia St Johns Road Belton Belton With Browston NR31 9JT

    Received 19 Feb 2025
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0660/VCF

    Variation of Condition 2 of pp 06/25/0783/HH (Erection of a single storey rear and front/side extension) - Amendment to approved plans to allow an increase to the approved garage footprint and the relocation of the main entrance door and side window

    54 Youell Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HR

    Received 16 Aug 2026
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0848/F

    Side extension *

    5 Sweetacres Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Sept 2003
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0977/F

    Proposed conversion of first floor of existing storage building to form no. 2 one bedroomed flats with external alterations (Revised Plans) (Part retrospective)

    135-136 Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0HS

    Received 14 Nov 2022
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0195/F

    Two storey extension to form two bedrooms with walkway below

    34 Alder Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 Feb 2007
  12. LIST.BLD.APP06/00/0291/LB

    Demolition and reconstruction of bay due to structural failure *

    1/3 South Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Apr 2000
  13. NO OBJECTION06/02/0326/SU

    Remedial, safety/security works including fencing *

    244 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DZ

    Received 10 Apr 2002
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0241/F

    GIS

    30 Wapping Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Mar 1998
  15. APPROVE06/20/0022/PDC

    Notification for prior approval for conversion and change of use of first and second floor office accommodation to create 3 no. self contained flats

    177A King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2NY

    Received 22 Jan 2020
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0186/HH

    Erection of 4.4m garden wall to enclose Victorian style kitchen garden

    Hopton Manor Hall Road Hopton-on-sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9BB

    Received 2 Mar 2023
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0319/CD

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Internal lighting and electrical installations) of pp. 06/23/0896/LB (Listed Building Consent for the subdivision of rooms, provision of suspended ceiling and internal corridor, blocking up existing door openings between rooms, repair, maintenance and draught proofing of existing windows, replace 7no. windows, replace doorway for a window, replace front door, update to electrics and plumbing. External works to include fenced garden play area with play equipment, air source heat pump and replacement external lighting.)

    Shrublands Farmhouse Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BP

    Received 21 Apr 2026
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0269/F

    Front extension to provide shower room

    17 Half Moon Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6TE

    Received 7 May 2019
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0603/F

    Proposed replacement windows and front railings

    6 Alexandra Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2HW

    Received 16 Sept 2011
  20. APPROVE06/12/0414/CD

    Proposed four residential dwellings with garages - Discharge of Condition 7 Re:Planning Permission 06/07/0504/F

    Beccles Road/Jews Lane (Land at) Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Jul 2012
  21. Accept Amend Notice Conditions/Reasons06/20/0298/NMA

    Non-Material amendment to planning permission consent 06/19/0636/F - revised roof to extension

    9 Decoy Road Ormesby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 3LG

    Received 21 Jul 2020
  22. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/06/1033/D

    Family restaurant and Pub

    Beacon Park (Land at) off Sidegate Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 11 Dec 2006
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0115/F

    Conversion of former surgery and office to two flats

    5 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Feb 1995
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0945/F

    GIS

    Wild Duck Holiday Park Station Road Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Nov 1998

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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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