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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

29,546Searchable applications

237Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,127 approved or refused records

2,883Refused applications

20,244 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0177/CU
Change of use of part of Tanning Centre (A1) to betting shop (A2)
Bubbles Amusements 1 Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BN
Received 3 Mar 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0011/F
Proposed porch addition
215 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6JH
Received 16 Jan 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0434/F
Community centre building, kickabout area, car park
Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Jun 2001
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/1058/CD
Discharge of Condition 9 of pp. 06/25/0728/F (Enhancement of existing outdoor recreation and seating area.) - Submission of Construction Environmental Management Plan.
Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TB
Received 10 Dec 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0121/F
GIS
6 Duncan Road Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Feb 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0728/F
Demolition of rear conservatory. Construction of single storey side and rear extensions
1 Mariners Compass Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TN
Received 24 Nov 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0405/VCF
Amend condition 2 to pps 06/20/0023/F - revised plans; remove conditions 5 and 7 from pp. 06/20/0023/F.
Barn at Home Farm Waters Lane Hemsby NR29 4LE
Received 6 May 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0428/SU
Side extension for new shower room and bedroom
10 Edinburgh Close Caister NR30 5LU
Received 9 Jun 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0465/F
GIS
Pine Farm/Marsh Farm off River Way Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jun 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0438/F
Retrospective application to increase fence height to 2.35 metres on 9.1 metre section
Old Farm Marsh Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QH
Received 15 Jul 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0167/F
Demolition and rebuilding of rear wing of dwelling to form new kitchen and bathroom
46 Rodney Road Great Yarmouth
Received 28 Feb 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0231/F
Proposed 4 no. storage units and compton or similar garage
Lady Haven P H (land rear of) 129 Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0AA
Received 19 Apr 2011
CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/99/0659/CC
GIS
91/92/93 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0768/F
Proposed single storey store extension
Mill Lane Centre Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Dec 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0110/CU
Change of use from Class A1 (shop) to Class A3 (food and drink) and forming of opening between existing shops *
Gift Shop (part of) The Street Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Feb 2000
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0430/CU
Proposed retrospective application for change of use to increase number HMO rooms to 7
45A King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PN
Received 19 Jul 2018
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0052/O
GIS
Rollesby Road/The Green Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jan 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0166/F
Conservatory to rear elevation and porch and wc to front elevation *
61 Heather Gardens Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Feb 2003
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0017/CD
Discharge of Condition 23 of outline pp 06/19/0676/O relating to Phase 1A only: Details of a foul drainage scheme for Phase 1a. (An application for subsequent consent to permitted EIA development).
Land at Nova Scotia Farm West of Jack Chase Way Caister-On-Sea
Received 8 Jan 2024
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/94/0628/O
Division of land to form building plot for special needs bungalow
New Bungalow (adjacent) Damgate Lane Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PZ
Received 19 Jul 1994
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0577/A
Fascia signage *
Unit C3 Gapton Hall Retail Pk Currys Superstore Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Jul 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0268/F
Conversion of vacant storage area to 1-person studio flat
63 Nelson Road North GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AS
Received 8 May 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0636/F
GIS
52B Church Road Priory Cottage Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 23 Jul 1997
WITHDRAWN06/21/0197/F
Use of land for storage of Hydrochloric Acid 35%
Land off Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0NA
Received 3 Mar 2021

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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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