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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 · 23,150 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/15/0759/F

    Variation of condition 8 of pp 06/97/0838/F, Condition 5 of pp 06/03/0701/F and condition 3 of 06/15/0041/F - occupancy period

    Church Farm Cottages Empsons Loke Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4AR

    Received 30 Nov 2015
  2. WITHDRAWN06/07/0670/LB

    Internal alterations on ground and first floors

    15 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HL NR30 1HL

    Received 27 Jul 2007
  3. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/10/0331/CU

    Change of use from retail (A1) to office space with training facilities for job seekers (A2 & D1)

    3-7 Market Row Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1PB

    Received 4 Jun 2010
  4. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/01/0017/F

    Fifteen bungalows and six houses together with roads and sewers

    Plots 1-21 Watsons Close Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Jan 2001
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0549/F

    Demolition of garage; Erection of side extension; Erection of 1-bedroom annex within front garden; New driveway area to front

    45 Norwich Road Caister-on-sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JP

    Received 11 Jul 2023
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0773/F

    Erection of car port +

    40 California Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Oct 2001
  7. Not proceeded with06/25/0434/F

    Proposal to separate 25a and 26 King Street into individual units

    25a-26 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2NZ

    Received 5 Jun 2025
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0836/F

    Retrospective application for conversion of outbuilding to dwelling

    Barn at Cliff Park House Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 23 Dec 2014
  9. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0275/CD

    Discharge of conditions 4, 5 and 8 of 06/15/0737/F - 1) Section 278 Agreement 2) Highway and estate road works

    Land at the former Claydon High School Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8FB

    Received 29 Jun 2020
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0306/F

    GIS

    Morton Peto Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0LT

    Received 15 Apr 1997
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0295/F

    Variation of condition 3 of planning permission: 06/98/0518/F from class B1 (business) to A1 (shops) - units 1 & 2

    Units 1-10B Hall Farm Business Park Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 May 2011
  12. Undecided06/26/0567/F

    Retrospective application for the siting and use of a lodge caravan as warden/site manager accommodation ancillary to Seabreeze Holiday Park, with associated decking, steps, hardstanding and parking.

    Sea Breeze Caravan Park Newport Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NW

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0787/F

    New kitchen extension to function room *

    Burgh Hall Leisure Centre Lords Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Sept 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0958/SU

    Garden walls and piers, metal railings and gates, close board timber fencing with concrete posts

    8 Copperfield Avenue Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Oct 2003
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0152/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission No: 06/00/0878/F for seven terraced houses with associated parking area

    16 High Street Petrol Filling Station Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 10 Feb 2006
  16. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/94/0851/O

    Three dwellings

    5 Filby Lane (garden) Deepdale Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Oct 1994
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0514/F

    Installation of antennae, equipment cabin and ancillary development on roof top *

    James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 23 Jun 2000
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0257/F

    Single storey extension for disabled user accommodation

    21 Bracon Road Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Apr 2005
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0530/F

    Proposed single storey front extension

    132 Church Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LW

    Received 10 Sept 2019
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0040/F

    GIS

    South Denes Road/Swanstons Rd Great Yarmouth (Former Electricity Works)

    Received 22 Jan 1998
  21. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/08/0009/A

    Proposed illuminated sign

    64 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6DG

    Received 3 Jan 2008
  22. APPROVE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/0978/BF

    Ren pp 06/99/0735/BU for change use of area of field for sport aeromodelling (perm consent - add of store locker)

    Main Road Billockby Great Yarmouth (Land at OS 5018)

    Received 12 Oct 2004
  23. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/98/0988/A

    GIS

    Rackhams Butchers The Green Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Dec 1998
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0426/F

    Variation of condition 4 of PP 06/07/0016/F to allow unit 1 to be used as class 3 restaurant/café (to create an extension to unit 2)

    Unit 1 28 Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HT

    Received 26 Jun 2014

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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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