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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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0013/SU

    Proposed 4 notice boards, A2 size to be attached to four entrances of the bandstand

    Gorleston Bandstand Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 6 Jan 2010
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0565/F

    Proposed new 2 storey apartments providing 4 no. 2 bedroom self-contained units

    19 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AF

    Received 25 Sept 2018
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0665/CU

    Change of use for additional tent pitches

    Rose Farm Touring Park Stepshort, Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9JS NR31 9JS

    Received 27 Jul 2007
  4. EST/LAW USE REF06/01/0295/EU

    Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of the site in breach of a planning condition (open to public after 11pm) *

    Childrens Joyland Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HS

    Received 11 Apr 2001
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0970/HH

    Single storey rear extension

    4 Empsons Loke Winterton-on-sea NR29 4AR

    Received 17 Dec 2024
  6. Undecided06/26/0625/CD

    Discharge of Condition 3: Details of a scheme for providing 5% Council and Community screen time within the advert displays, of pp 06/25/1083/F (Installation of 1no. BT Street Hub).

    Pavement outside Sea Life Centre Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3AH

    Received 4 Aug 2026
  7. PERMITTED DEV.06/06/1019/A

    Remove three existing shop signs and replace with non-illuminated shop sign fascia's

    62 Salisbury Road North Denes Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4JZ

    Received 4 Dec 2006
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0234/F

    Modification of occupancy condition No: 2 of pp 06/01/0075/F to include holiday use/letting

    26 Black Street Oddfellows Hall Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN

    Received 29 Mar 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0347/F

    GIS

    7 Church Plain The Wrestlers Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Apr 1997
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0555/F

    One and a half storey detached outbuilding with dormers and terrace (ground floor garage and garden storage, first floor living accommodation)

    Oakwell Manor Herringfleet Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Aug 2009
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0031/F

    Erection of dwelling adjacent to existing end terrace house *

    27 Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PD

    Received 13 Jan 2003
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0190/F

    Refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing builders merchant (sui generis) comprising external works to the existing warehouse, new yard layout including revised external storage arrangements including storage racking, installation of open sided canopy, removal of single storey cabin building, revised car parking and servicing and associated works.

    Jewson Boundary Rd Great Yarmouth NR31 0JY

    Received 6 Mar 2025
  13. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/05/0940/D

    Construction of 150 No: dwellings, garages, public open space and associated roadworks

    West Road (Caister Village Marsh) Caister Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 6 Dec 2005
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0501/F

    Garage *

    110 Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 May 2003
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/24/0124/F

    Demolition of existing single-storey side extension; Proposed sub-division of garden and construction of 2no. 1-bedroom dwellings as a continuation of the existing terrace

    8 St Benets Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LY

    Received 19 Feb 2024
  16. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/26/0561/A

    Installation of signage comprising: 2no. back-to-back D48 digital advertisement displays (static illumination)

    3 South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3EJ

    Received 6 Jul 2026
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0467/PAD

    Application for prior approval for the proposed alterations and conversion of first floor of the building from commercial use to create 2no. 2-bedroom apartments

    Vauxhall House Great Yarmouth Station Vauxhall Station Great Yarmouth NR30 1SD

    Received 8 Jun 2023
  18. NO OBJECTION06/97/0286/M

    GIS

    Beccles Road/Ash Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Apr 1997
  19. WITHDRAWN06/06/0727/F

    Amendments to 06/06/0290/F to form two houses including a rear extension

    49/50 Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6AN

    Received 14 Aug 2006
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0486/CU

    Change of use from Sui Generis land to Garden Curtilage for 15 Amhurst Gardens

    15 Amhurst Gardens Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9PH

    Received 21 Sept 2020
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0343/O

    Outline planning application with all matters reserved for future determination: Proposed demolition of annex and garage, and sub-division of existing front garden and erection of 1no. chalet bungalow on land west of the existing dwelling .

    1 Garfield Villa Garfield Terrace Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DG

    Received 2 May 2025
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0603/CU

    Change of use A1 to D2 - Escape rooms/puzzle rooms

    45 Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AJ

    Received 28 Oct 2019
  23. WITHDRAWN06/03/0151/F

    Ren pp no 06/98/0410/F for conversion of attached garage to form annexed accomm; new detached garage *

    Treetops High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QL

    Received 25 Feb 2003
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0554/A

    Shop sign, Totem signs and car park signs

    Sainsburys Supermarket St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 20 Jun 2006

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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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