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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
223Recorded 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20,266 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/99/0013/F

    Ground and first floor extension*

    76/77 Avondale Road The Poplars Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jan 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0520/F

    GIS

    4 South Quay Elizabethan House Museum Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH

    Received 16 Jun 1997
  3. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/02/0747/LB

    Level access to kitchen, level floor shower, ramped access and adaptations for disabled occupant *

    Hall Farm Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DR

    Received 20 Aug 2002
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0794/SU

    Erection of residential dwelling

    26 Ormesby Road (rear of) Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LB

    Received 16 Oct 2001
  5. APPROVED BY NCC06/05/0205/SU

    New teaching block comprising two classrooms and new multi- use space

    Flegg High School Somerton Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Mar 2005
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0006/F

    First floor extension and detached barbecue outbuilding

    Low Barn Old Coast Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 5 Jan 2021
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0594/F

    6 warden controlled self sufficient homes for the elderly, change of use of a residential dwelling (The Gannel) to day care and respite facility, additional car parking and amend the existing rear vehicular access

    Burgh House High Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QL

    Received 16 Oct 2018
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0830/F

    Proposed extension to form pharmacy, change of use of existing pharmacy to Primary Care Trust use

    The Central Surgery Sussex Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6QB NR31 6QB

    Received 12 Nov 2008
  9. APPROVE06/11/0442/CD

    Mixed use development comprising 15 office units, 15 light industrial units, associated car parking,land scaping, roads & ancillary works - D.O.C: 4,5,6,7,8, 9,10,14,17,15,18,19 re:PP: 06/09/0792/F

    Excalibur Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 13 Jul 2011
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0504/F

    White upvc Victorian conservatory with 600mm dwarf wall with approx 1800mm high wall adja neighbours prop *

    3 Cross Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LQ

    Received 26 Jun 2001
  11. ADV. CONSENT06/99/0903/A

    GIS

    32/33 Market Place Hughes Electrical Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Nov 1999
  12. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/17/0008/F

    Change of use of the first floor from B8 storage shed to C3 dwelling house (flat)

    84 Exmouth Road GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 5 Jan 2017
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0744/F

    Continued use of land as a public car park

    78, 79 & 80 Howard Street South Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HF

    Received 9 Oct 2008
  14. WITHDRAWN06/23/0157/F

    Proposed construction of detached 3 bed bungalow, car port accessed off Lavendar Court (revised plans)

    Site adjacent 36 Bulmer Lane Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AF

    Received 20 Feb 2023
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0710/F

    Change of use with alterations 48 & 48A to shop area

    47A Camden Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AB NR30 3AB

    Received 13 Sept 2005
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0676/F

    Proposed two storey rear and first floor side extension

    Chandon Links Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6RJ NR31 6RJ

    Received 31 Jul 2007
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0527/F

    Conversion and change of use to residential to form 6 self contained flats

    141 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 10 Sept 2018
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0666/O

    1 No. dwelling and garage building plot

    Foster Close (Land to rear of 70 Station Road) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH

    Received 26 Nov 2019
  19. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/21/0834/O

    Outline application with all matters reserved for a dwelling

    Four Acres (Land adj) Back Road West End, West Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5ST

    Received 30 Sept 2021
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0709/F

    Proposed two storey and single storey extensions, new roof covering, windows and doors, external render

    53 Caystreward GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4AS

    Received 23 Dec 2020
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0643/F

    Proposed conservatory to front of house

    54 Damgate Lane Whitehouse Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PZ

    Received 29 Aug 2008
  22. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0156/CD

    Discharge of Condition 11 of pp 06/23/0459/F (Proposed change of use of existing outbuilding into a dwellinghouse and addition of a single storey extension to create a new 3-bedroom dwelling) - Submission of updated plans with electric vehicle charging details

    Dairy Farm 37 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3QE

    Received 26 Feb 2025
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0475/F

    Telescopic pool cover for swimming pool

    Hawthorns, Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 May 2006
  24. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/18/0366/LB

    Proposed aluminium composite fascia pan sign to the front of store

    32-33 Market Place GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LX

    Received 3 Jul 2018

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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.

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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