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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20,259 approved · 2,883 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

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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/Reasons06/08/0702/F
Proposed front wall & gates
The Norfolk Barn New Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JW
Received 24 Sept 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0081/F
Conversion and extension of potting shed to estate office
Burnley Hall (Potting shed) East Somerton
Received 10 Feb 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0603/F
Shelter for maximum of 12 pigmy goats
Belton Fen c/o 1 Aldeby Bungalows St Johns Road, Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JT
Received 29 Sept 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0474/CU
Change of use of existing garage into warehouse/store
60 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jun 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0193/F
Proposed conversion of redundant caretakers house to teaching facilities; inclusion of single storey front and side extensions.
East Norfolk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BQ
Received 25 Feb 2022
WITHDRAWN06/99/0696/BL
GIS
Hall Farm Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3EP
Received 19 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0512/F
GIS
9 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Jun 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0683/BF
GIS
Emohruo The Green Stokesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3EX
Received 17 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0949/F
Extension to transport museum
Caister Car Collection Caister Castle West Caster Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 1 Nov 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0218/F
Proposed porch and alterations
1 St James Crescent Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9JN
Received 12 Mar 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0513/F
Proposed extension to front of property
4 Bridge Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HQ
Received 10 Aug 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0675/F
Changes to existing wall, including increase in height and addition of fencing between new brick piers
Handel 3 Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4TJ
Received 2 Dec 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0402/F
Retrospective application for replacement groundmans maintenance store
Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 20 Jun 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0781/F
Construction of 7 no. affordable dwellings, associated external works, drainage and landscaping
1 Woodfarm Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AQ NR31 9AQ
Received 9 Dec 2016
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0358/CD
Proposed Discharge of condition 5 of application 06/22/0925/F - Retrospective development of 8 dwellings - EV Charging
1 River View Tar Works Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1AP
Received 15 Apr 2024
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0648/F
Replacement of current timber windows
51 North Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1JE
Received 14 Sept 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0585/F
Retrospective application for installation of automated teller machine
13 North Road Spar Stores Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SA
Received 2 Oct 2012
NO OBJECTION06/08/0480/SU
Upgrade of recycling centre infrastructure
Caister Recycling Centre Pump Lane Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5BE
Received 20 Jun 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0630/F
Change of use of the land for 12 static holiday caravans
Marsh Farm Caravan Park Mill Road Cobholm GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0AX
Received 6 Nov 2019
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0958/F
Chalet bungalow
20 Station Road (land at rear) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 13 Dec 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0114/F
Proposed side and rear extension and garden outbuilding. Revised submission to increase width of extension
28 Willow Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8JH
Received 25 Feb 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0079/F
Removal of 3no. storage containers and erection of a replacement prefabricated steel frame tyre storage building.
Airfield Tyres Yarmouth Road Caister NR30 5TE
Received 31 Jan 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0183/F
GIS
West Cottage Gibbet Hill Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QH
Received 2 Mar 1999
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0488/F
GIS
139/140 King Street Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Jun 1997

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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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