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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
230Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,142 approved or refused records
2,883Refused applications

20,259 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0081/F

    GIS

    Great Yarmouth Stadium Yarmouth Road West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Feb 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0971/F

    Thirty one dwellings (ten

    3 Mill Lane (adjacent) Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Nov 1994
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0036/F

    GIS

    45 Exmouth Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jan 1997
  4. WITHDRAWN06/04/0904/CU

    Change of use from private dwelling to house of multiple occupation

    76 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Sept 2004
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0132/F

    Single storey extension to form en-suite shower room *

    The Nook Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Feb 2000
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0459/CU

    Retrospective application - change of use of part of public house to hot food take-away (A5)

    The Kings Arms Public House Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AG

    Received 27 Jul 2010
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0668/F

    Vary condition 2 of planning permission 06/10/0223/F to amend approved drawing numbers in relation to gable ends, rooflights and windows

    10 Playing Field Lane Martham Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4SP

    Received 7 Oct 2011
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0784/F

    New shop front

    42 Regent Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Aug 2004
  9. NO OBJECTION06/04/0950/SU

    Extensions

    Woodlands Middle School Church Walk Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QQ

    Received 5 Oct 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0356/VCF

    Proposed variation and removal of conditions of pp. 06/18/0533/F - Creation of artificial grass pitch, flood lights, ball stop fence, hard standing areas and new pavilion. Condition 4 - variation to remove restriction on use of site by Gorleston Football Club; condition 12 - variation to introduce a proposed revised Community Use Agreement dated February 2023; condition 13 - removal of condition to remove the requirement for the grass pitch to be used only for football.

    East Norfolk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BQ

    Received 26 Apr 2023
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0923/F

    Extension of cafe bar *

    Hopton Holiday Park Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 8BW

    Received 22 Oct 2002
  12. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/17/0394/A

    Illuminated advertisement consent for installation of 46" TV displaying various Santander advertisements

    29-30 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LY

    Received 27 Jun 2017
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0007/F

    Extension to form granny annexe

    Ambleside Kings Loke Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jan 1996
  14. WITHDRAWN06/26/0201/F

    Conversion of museum to create 10 self contained flats; insertion of roof lights to front and rear elevation; alterations to fenestration on side and rear elevations; partial demolition and rebuilding of single-storey rear lean-to extension.

    The David Howkins Memorial Charity Museum 39-40 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PN

    Received 18 Mar 2026
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0010/F

    Extension to form granny annexe *

    64 Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PR

    Received 7 Jan 2002
  16. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/14/0602/CD

    Proposed demolition of existing house and construction of new house with integral double garage - Discharge of conditions 3 & 10 of Planning Permission 06/14/0239/F

    33 Warren Road Gorleston (Parish of Hopton) Great Yarmouth NR31 0PA

    Received 29 Sept 2014
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0294/CU

    Change of use of agricultural land to private open space for growing vegetables/fruit/trees etc & lawned area:erection of 3-bar fencing

    West Cottage (land adjoining) Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QH

    Received 2 May 2012
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0351/F

    Two-storey extension on east elevation

    18 Burnet Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8SL

    Received 29 May 2009
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0882/O

    Erection of one dwelling

    New Road Fritton Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Oct 2002
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0513/TCA

    T1 Hedge - Reduction and reshaping as overgrown T2 Hazel - Re-coppicing as overgrown T3 Malus - Partial crown reduction by up to 3m

    The Gables The Street West Somerton Somerton BR29 4EA

    Received 27 Jun 2021
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0851/F

    Removal of condition No. 3 of Approval No. 6/74/975/D (and condition No. 4 of Permission No. 6/74/591/O) +

    110 California Road California Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Oct 2000
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0589/F

    Part demolition of the garage to extend dining and kitchen area. Extension to lounge

    18 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 4 Aug 2008
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/1084/F

    New dwelling and garage +

    Westacre (adjacent) Old Scratby Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Dec 2002
  24. LIST.BLD.APP06/10/0152/LB

    Repair and alteration of St George's Chapel as a performance venue, the construction of a new pavilion building and external landscaping

    St George's Chapel St George's Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 2PG

    Received 16 Mar 2010

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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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