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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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/97/0582/BU

    GIS

    Bridge Farm The Bridge Acle (Fleggburgh Parish)

    Received 7 Jul 1997
  2. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0188/CU

    Change of use to night club +

    3 Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Mar 2003
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0959/F

    Erect six antennae, four dish antennae and one radio equipment cabin *

    Market Gates Shopping Centre Great Yarmouth NR30 2BG

    Received 28 Nov 2000
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0860/F

    Continued use of land and buildings of former concrete works as garage & maintenance facility for H.G.Vs.

    Clarkes Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Oct 1999
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0864/F

    GIS

    Belle Aire Chalets Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HZ

    Received 2 Nov 1998
  6. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0695/CU

    Proposed change of use from storage outbuilding to create a two bedroom holiday let, and alterations comprising new external cladding and new windows and doors

    Lilac Cottage (Outbuilding adj to) Main Road A1064 Billockby Fleggburgh NR29 3BG

    Received 16 Aug 2021
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0249/F

    Proposed 2 storey side extension and rear single storey extension

    13 Taylors Loke Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LW

    Received 16 Apr 2012
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0843/BF

    Alterations and extensions to dwelling *

    Sunset Farm West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Oct 2000
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0681/F

    Proposed pyramid roof detached double garage

    Plot 2 Lyndhurst Development Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Oct 2009
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1067/CU

    Change of use from multiple occupancy to guest house

    4 Paget Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2DN

    Received 8 Nov 2004
  11. NO OBJECTION06/01/0463/SU

    Siting of add single mobile classroom to be linked to extg to enable special toilet facs, access etc to be shared *

    John Grant Special School St Georges Drive Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5QW

    Received 12 Jun 2001
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0204/F

    Temporary change of use of land from container storage to construction site depot for materials, fuel and waste store, contractor parking, and erection of two-storey site welfare facility and office, until March 2024

    Land South of William Adams Way and North of 16-18 Alpha Rd Gorleston-on-Sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0LJ

    Received 15 Mar 2021
  13. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/08/0034/LB

    Restaurant, cafe, bar, conservatory, WC, extended kitchen to boating lake cafe and outdoor seating

    The Boating Lake Cafe North Drive Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 8 Jan 2008
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0368/TRE

    Proposed works to Beech trees: T3 - Crown reduce by 2m lateral spread, and 1m in height; T4 - Crown reduce by 2m lateral spread, and 1m in height and reshape crown [TPO No.3 2010]

    Ashmar House Farman Close Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JR

    Received 22 Apr 2022
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0142/F

    Alterations to provide new external door, windows, roof windows and air source heat pump to barn, to create a farm office.

    Barn C, Winsford Hall Farm Filby Road Stokesby With Herringby NR29 3DG

    Received 19 Feb 2025
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0786/F

    Installation of four windows

    Petrofac James Watt Close Gapton Hall Ind. Estate (Parish of Bradwell)

    Received 12 Dec 2011
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0936/F

    Rear extension and alterations to form new kitchen and enlarged first floor bedrooms

    32 Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Oct 2003
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/1080/HH

    Proposed demolition of garage and construction of single storey front, side and rear extensions.

    3 Buildings Road Caister on sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DX

    Received 14 Dec 2022
  19. APPROVED BY NCC06/95/0593/F

    Storage tanks and bunded areas for purpose of transferring controlled waste and cleaning within containment area

    52 South Denes Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Jul 1995
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0202/F

    New detached garage

    36 Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN

    Received 11 Mar 2014
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0675/HH

    Proposed single storey side & rear extensions

    36 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HN

    Received 27 Jul 2022
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0886/CU

    Change of use from guest house to residential dwelling *

    39 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LU

    Received 14 Nov 2001
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/94/0598/F

    Change of condition 3 of planning permission 06/92/1019/F

    White Horse Filling Station Beccles Road/Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jul 1994
  24. Not proceeded with06/26/0294/HH

    Proposed construction of front garden wall enclosure and gate, and side extension to form garage and annex for private use only.

    The Pines Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9EU

    Received 16 Apr 2026

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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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