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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
29,549Searchable applications
226Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,148 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,264 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/Reasons06/95/0997/BF

    GIS

    Humberstone Farm Mill Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth (Bradwell Parish)

    Received 12 Dec 1995
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0470/F

    Replace window with french doors in rear elevation

    Kings Lodge Hotel 6 Norfolk Square, Albermarle Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 1EE

    Received 23 May 2007
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0466/A

    Various directional signage

    Asda Stores Ltd Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SF

    Received 12 Jul 2012
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0071/O

    Form building plot for new bungalow and garage

    Rose Lawn Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jan 1995
  5. EST/LAW USE CER.06/05/0706/EU

    Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use in respect of eight flats (short term lets) all year round

    Dornhurst Holiday Flats 12 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 19 Sept 2005
  6. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/17/0503/CD

    Discharge of Conditions 3 and 4 of PP: 06/16/0797/F - Change of use of 1st and 2nd floors to 1 no.flat, new external staircase and new door opening to the rear with replacement of windows on front elevation

    28 Hall Plain GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2QD

    Received 8 Aug 2017
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0850/F

    Repairs, renovations and alterations to form one additional residential unit

    131 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 20 Nov 2008
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0540/F

    Garage and leisure room extension

    12 Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Jul 2005
  9. NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/25/0585/TEL

    Proposed installation of a 12m wooden pole for fixed broadband purposes at 40 Battery Road, Great Yarmouth

    40 Battery Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NN

    Received 20 Jul 2025
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0597/CU

    Change of use to Coffee Shop

    128 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PQ NR30 2PQ

    Received 6 Jul 2007
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0540/BF

    Erection and operation of fourteen wind turbine generators

    Bure Loop Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jun 1994
  12. Undecided06/26/0307/LB

    Alterations and repairs to internal and external parts of the listed building, including the construction of a replacement Orangery and the installation of PV panels to the south roof slope

    Scratby Hall Scratby Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3PQ

    Received 20 Apr 2026
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0511/F

    Single storey extension to form dining room +

    4 Breydon Way Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QZ

    Received 29 Jun 2001
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0715/F

    Proposed side utility addition, new pitched roof over garage, 2 no. pitched roof dormers to rear and installation of wood burner with steel flue.

    Spindrift Bush Road Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BY

    Received 15 Nov 2017
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0535/F

    Resiting of existing Keycon offices +

    Malthouse Site Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Jun 1994
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1157/BF

    Side and rear extensions

    2 Hales Cottage Staithe Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4QB

    Received 17 Dec 2003
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0831/O

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/93/0884/O for residential development *

    East Anglian School (former) Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Oct 1996
  18. WITHDRAWN06/21/0577/TRE

    Evergreen Oak ( 34) To remove roots and reinstate path

    Waveney Valley Academies Trust on behalf of Northgate Primary School Northgate St Andrews School Northgate Street NR30 1BP

    Received 15 Jul 2021
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0980/F

    Construction of annexe and games room.

    24 Briar Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NF

    Received 20 Oct 2003
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0471/F

    Conversion of redundant staff room into bedsit apartment (part first floor)

    62 Salisbury Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 23 May 2007
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0212/F

    1 pair of semi-detached houses with integral garages

    10 Wellington Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AQ

    Received 12 Mar 2008
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0358/BF

    New workshop and office and removal of existing building

    Riverside Cess Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Apr 2006
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0774/F

    Single storey rear extension

    46 North Drive GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4EU

    Received 14 Dec 2015
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0608/F

    First floor extension for bedroom/study/dressing room +

    2 Crossways West Cottage Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JZ

    Received 4 Jul 2002

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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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