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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20,263 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/95/0267/LB

    Installation of plaque in southern outside wall commemorating life and work of Sir Kenneth MacMillan

    St Georges Theatre King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PG

    Received 30 Mar 1995
  2. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/98/0292/CC

    GIS

    36 Blackwall Reach Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Apr 1998
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0606/F

    Retention of existing white upvc conservatory (3.9m x 3m) +

    24 Hill Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Aug 2001
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0041/F

    Single storey side extension to enlarge bedroom and form en-suite shower room

    33 Four Acres Estate Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4JB

    Received 16 Jan 2008
  5. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/13/0201/A

    Proposed car park island with direction sign

    The Pier Hotel Harbours Mouth Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6PL

    Received 8 Apr 2013
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0275/F

    Renewal of PP 06/13/0145/F for mobile catering unit which is removed each day

    Unit 1 Bessemer Way Crown Decorator Centre Harfreys Ind. Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX

    Received 10 Apr 2014
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0530/F

    Removal of existing car port and erection of single storey side extension to form new kitchen. Conversion of existing garage to form new sitting room with new pitched roof over linking to new side extension

    12 Elm Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NX

    Received 15 Aug 2011
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0599/F

    Sub-division of garden and construction of 3 no. town houses

    82 Southtown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0JR NR31 0JR

    Received 20 Sept 2016
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0326/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/00/0176/CU for use of land for the storage and display of caravans *

    Field Farm Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Apr 2001
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0033/HH

    Proposed construction of new garage/workshop and outdoor swimming pool; alterations to existing property including installation of solar panels. [revised description]

    Great Ormesby Hall Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QB

    Received 12 Jan 2022
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0930/F

    Proposed construction of detached 4-bed dwelling

    31 Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5DL

    Received 19 Oct 2022
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0041/F

    Removal of agricultural occupacy condition (No. 3) from planning permission - County Ref. No. BF.3929

    Willowcroft Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LX

    Received 18 Jan 2005
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0512/F

    Proposed first floor extension to form new landing, staircase and bedroom with en-suite

    22 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3SA NR29 3SA

    Received 11 Jun 2007
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0647/F

    Variation of conditions 8 & 19 of PP 06/07/0862/F to extend trading hours by 1 hour each day

    Tesco Beccles Road Bradwell, Great Yarmouth NR31 8DF

    Received 19 Sept 2014
  15. WITHDRAWN06/07/0693/CU

    Change of use from cafe to take-away

    107 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 1BP

    Received 6 Aug 2007
  16. Undecided06/25/1042/CD

    Discharge of Condition 2 of pp 06/22/0925/F (Application for retrospective permission for construction of 16 dwellings comprising: Retrospective development of 8 dwellings (plots 1-8) as an amended development from that approved by pp. 06/20/0348/F, and retrospective development of 8 dwellings (plots 9-16) as an amended development from that approved by pp. 06/21/0628/F) ; Submission of Contamination Assessment Report

    1 River View Tar Works Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1AP

    Received 4 Dec 2025
  17. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0580/CD

    Discharge of Condition 6 of pp. 06/23/0507/F (Proposed construction of 65 affordable dwellings) - Submission of Construction Ecological Management Plan - Biodiversity

    Land off Staithe Road Martham NR29 4PY

    Received 18 Jul 2025
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0436/O

    Residential development of 13 dwellings with estate road, private drive, garages and parking

    New House (land adj) off Rollesby Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AT

    Received 31 Jul 2018
  19. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0215/LB

    Adaptations to the upper floor bathroom to: Install a lobby enclosure and raise the floor to create a level-access shower; Install new radiator and interior boxing; Install a stair lift from the ground floor to the first floor; Install a stair lift from the first floor to the newly formed bathroom lobby.

    15 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BA

    Received 20 Mar 2026
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0567/A

    Projecting sign

    Shopping Centre High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RL

    Received 9 Sept 2010
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0514/F

    New pitched roofs over existing flat roofed area *

    Villa Christina Farmans Close Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Jun 2002
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0240/F

    Ice-cream, Tea & Coffee Kiosk

    Bubbles Amusements 1 Warren Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Mar 2008
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0229/F

    Proposed partial demolition and re-development of existing commercial units to provide 6no. 1- and 2-bedroom flats with workspaces over two or three storeys, including retention, conversion and extension of 1no. existing building and associated alterations and external works.

    5A Ormond Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1QB

    Received 26 Mar 2024
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0264/F

    Two new attached dwellings on land adjacent to No. 9 and formation of new vehicular access

    9 St Hughs Green (Land adj) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7NG

    Received 3 May 2019

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