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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
226Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,147 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,263 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. EST/LAW USE CER.06/96/0897/EU

    GIS

    79 Regent Road Great Yarmouth (Flat No 7)

    Received 28 Nov 1996
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0923/CU

    Change of use from seven holiday flats to five self-contained residential flats

    1 & 2 Paget Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 30 Nov 2005
  3. WITHDRAWN06/25/0663/PAD

    Application for Prior Approval for proposed change of use of first floor office (Use Class E) into a 2-bed residential dwelling flat (Use Class C3).

    1 Tyrells Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0AR

    Received 9 Aug 2025
  4. Accept Amend Notice06/20/0531/NMA

    Non material amendment for planning application 06/17/0620/F - replace 1.14m Velux roof lights with 0.55m roof lights

    3 York Villa Close Filby GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 3JN

    Received 26 Oct 2020
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0070/F

    Change of use of land to provide 5 additional static caravan pitches and 2 camping pods

    Burgh Hall Holiday Park Lords Lane Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EP

    Received 31 Jan 2017
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0713/F

    Single storey rear extension to 8 and 10 Lexington Close *

    8 and 10 Lexington Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4ES

    Received 30 Jul 2003
  7. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/19/0150/CD

    Discharge condition 4 of planning permission no 06/18/0014/F (single storey dwelling)

    Dun Roamin (Land adj) Kings Loke Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HN

    Received 14 Mar 2019
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0011/F

    Proposed two storey extension

    Gardeners Cottage, Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 3 Jan 2007
  9. PERMITTED DEV.06/15/0333/PAD

    Prior approval of agricultural building to two dwelling houses

    Market Lane (Farm Buildings off) Filby Heath Filby GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 1 Jun 2015
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0309/F

    Construction of 189 dwellings and associated infrastructure (revised from 194 dwellings)

    Pointers East West of Ormesby Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 28 May 2015
  11. APPROVE06/22/0227/TRE

    Proposal to fell dead T1 Holly tree leaving stump at ground level. [TPO No.1 2017 - T3]

    Holly Farmhouse Holly Farm Low Road ROLLESBY NR29 5HE

    Received 2 Mar 2022
  12. Accept Amend Notice06/23/0733/NMA

    Request for a non-material amendment of pp 06/22/0746/HH (Removal of existing roof and replacement with second floor living space and rooftop terrace) - Proposed removal of support posts between roof terrace balustrade screening panels

    Beach View 1A Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DH

    Received 5 Oct 2023
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0196/F

    Retrospective change of use of land for stationing of 16 storage containers and construction of concrete hardstanding and an extended earth bund, and associated works

    Hall Farm Beach Road Scratby Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3AJ

    Received 25 Feb 2022
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0848/F

    Removal of Condition 2 of PP 06/02/0370/F to allow annexe to be let as a separate property

    2 Barnard Crescent Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4DR

    Received 19 Nov 2008
  15. APPROVED BY NCC06/09/0578/SU

    Installation of input and extract ventilation system to kitchen roof, including associated works

    Homefield Primary School Homefield Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Sept 2009
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0361/BU

    Change of use from existing publuic house to veterinary surgery

    Bosuns Locker Caister Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4DL

    Received 13 May 1998
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0687/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No.11 2020) - T6 (Ash) to reduce limbs that are overhanging gable end of the house by 2 metres to suitable growing points; T6 (Ash) and T5 (Beech) - reduce limbs by 2 metres that are encroaching onto garage roof to suitable growing points.

    Woodland Lodge Main Road A1064 Fleggburgh NR29 3AG

    Received 28 Aug 2026
  18. Undecided06/25/0873/SU

    East Suffolk Council consultation request for pp DC/25/2853/FUL - Construction, operation, maintenance and eventual decommissioning of a circa 30MW Solar Farm comprising the construction of solar panels mounted on metal frames, inverters, auxiliary transformer, substation, storage container, DNO substation, new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, landscaping, temporary construction compound, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated site works.

    Land At Ashby Dell, Border Lane Somerleyton Ashby And Herringfleet Suffolk NR32 5EE

    Received 20 Oct 2025
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0888/F

    GIS

    17 Nightingale Close Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Oct 1997
  20. NO OBJECTION06/24/0414/G

    Consultation on proposals to vary the existing Section 36 Consent for the power station, to increase the permitted energy generation limits under section 36C of the Electricity Act 1989

    Great Yarmouth Power Station South Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PY

    Received 17 May 2024
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0623/F

    GIS

    Merrybanks North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Aug 1996
  22. ADV. REFUSAL (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/95/0492/A

    Space flower advertisement

    Las Vegas Bingo & Amusements The Crescent Off Beach Road Hemsby, Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Jun 1995
  23. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/12/0610/CC

    Amendment to internal layout of conversion and new dwelling and revised elevations

    17 The Green Former Shop (Rear of) Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PL

    Received 3 Oct 2012
  24. WITHDRAWN06/22/0517/O

    Outline application (all matters reserved) for erection of 1 no. dwelling on land adjacent 1 Peterhouse Avenue

    1 Peterhouse Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PZ

    Received 12 Jun 2022

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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.

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