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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20,264 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/06/0992/F

    Demolish existing works and erect 2 dwellings

    Bath Hill Works Bath Hill Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2LQ NR30 2LQ

    Received 27 Nov 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0526/F

    Alterations to form pitched roof and form accommodation within *

    109 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Jun 1994
  3. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/02/0541/CC

    Demolish section of retail store and construct extension up to site boundary; alteration to store entrance *

    Comet Store Fullers Hill Great Yarmouth NR30 1PR

    Received 18 Jun 2002
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0034/F

    GIS

    55 Wright Close Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jan 1998
  5. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/01/0438/BL

    Alterations and extensions to provide additional/improved facilities *

    Church Farm Freehouse Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Jun 2001
  6. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/19/0645/A

    Update paper advertising panel to a double sided digital advertising panel on bus shelter

    Town Hall (Outside) Hall Plain GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2QF

    Received 15 Nov 2019
  7. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/15/0520/CD

    Construct new shared driveway together with visibility splays and two additional dwellings - Discharge of Conditions 8 and 9 re: PP 06/14/0697/F

    16 Crab Lane Bradwell Norfolk NR31 8DJ

    Received 16 Sept 2015
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0060/F

    GIS

    90 Garfield Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jan 1998
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0104/VCF

    Variation of Conditions 1 (approved plans) and 5 (Landscaping scheme) of pp 06/20/0195/F (A variation of pp 06/17/0546/F - construction of care home) - Proposed amendment to introduce changes to landscaping and approved boundary treatments.

    95-96 North Denes Road (Eversley Nursing Home) Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 6 Feb 2025
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0348/BU

    Renewal of permission for rare

    Decoy Farm Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Apr 1995
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0251/F

    Extension in roof to form bedroom/sitting room; ground floor bathroom extension; new entrance

    Hill Top West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SY

    Received 28 Mar 2008
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0004/F

    Ground floor single storey front extension to provide shower room

    2 St Andrews Close Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7AD

    Received 5 Jan 2018
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0081/HH

    Part two-storey, part single-storey rear extension; Side extension to create porch.

    12 Gedge Road Caister-on-sea NR30 5LR

    Received 4 Feb 2026
  14. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/06/1021/CU

    Change of use from holiday accommodation to three residential dwellings

    Grange Cottages Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Dec 2006
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/10/0577/F

    Proposed domestic garage with games room/guest bedroom over

    3 Church View Sophex House Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3DJ NR29 3DJ

    Received 13 Sept 2010
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0151/CU

    Temporary change of use for retail use for two years

    Two Way Stores Beach Road Hemsby (Formerly Two Way Amusements)

    Received 24 Feb 1995
  17. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0152/A

    Directional advertisement

    Scratby Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 14 Feb 2007
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0450/PDC

    Notification for Prior Approval - Proposed change of use from storage (B8) to dwelling house (C3)

    The Old Exchange Common Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 2 Aug 2018
  19. CON. AREA. REFUSE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/95/1010/CC

    Demolition of building to permit erection of new dwellings

    Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Dec 1995
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0278/F

    Single storey office, toilet and store extension with pitched roof on side of existing workshop

    Carmans Bakery (adj) Swanstons Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NQ

    Received 23 Mar 2004
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0290/F

    Conversion and change of use from Shop to Residential to form two houses

    Odd Bottle 49-50 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 17 Mar 2006
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0548/BF

    GIS

    Windale Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jun 1999
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0181/F

    Demolish commercial buildings and erect nine starter homes

    Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth (former Economy Carpet site)

    Received 7 Mar 2005
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0633/F

    Satellite television receiving dish *

    79 Magnolia Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8DZ

    Received 21 Jul 1994

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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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