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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
29,554Searchable applications
226Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,160 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,276 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 24 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. ADV. CONSENT06/96/0091/A

    Roof signs

    Gapton Cafe Morton Peto Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Feb 1996
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0458/F

    Demolish existing unit etc, erect builders/timber/plumbers merchants in three self contained industrial units

    Travis Perkins Builders Merchants Boundary Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 17 May 2007
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0428/F

    Provision of two additional bedsits in lieu of wardens flat and improve facilities to ground floor office

    Deneside House Deneside Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 May 2000
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0036/F

    GIS

    Old Ice House Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jan 1999
  5. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/14/0415/CD

    Proposed extension - Discharge of Conditions 3 and 4 re: Planning Permission 06/13/0182/F

    St Peter & St Pauls Church Mautby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JA

    Received 17 Jun 2014
  6. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/17/0187/LB

    Provision of new gas boiler flue outlet on rear and new gas meter located on internal studwork, internal studwork. Revised from - Provision of new gas meter box to be located externally.

    132 King Street (Flat) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 24 Mar 2017
  7. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/95/0635/A

    'Space Flower' electric light unit placed on flat roof area above arcade to be used between Easter and mid October

    Las Vegas Bingo/Amusement Arc The Crescent Beach Road Hemsby

    Received 19 Jul 1995
  8. APPROVED BY NCC06/94/0626/F

    Extension and improvements to existing chemical waste transfer station

    Unit 2 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX

    Received 19 Jul 1994
  9. WITHDRAWN06/08/0635/F

    Alteration to existing cafe & kiosks; new residential accommodation at first floor

    39/40 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2EJ

    Received 27 Aug 2008
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0712/F

    Proposed shop front

    19 Broad Row Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HT NR30 1HT

    Received 13 Sept 2005
  11. Not proceeded with06/23/0527/F

    Proposed demolition of existing residential bungalow and outbuildings and construction of a replacement dwelling house (4-bedroom self-build / custom-build).

    Barn Farm, Barn Farm Bungalow Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael NR29 3LZ

    Received 5 Jul 2023
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0393/F

    Temporary erection of smoking shelter with cigarette disposal units, signs & temp use of area of outside seating

    Pier Gardens Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 27 Apr 2007
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0555/F

    Proposed extension of 3 bed semi-detached house to add further 2 bedrooms

    3 Pyman Close Martham GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4UR

    Received 25 Oct 2020
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0275/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission No: 06/03/0078/F for temporary portacabin

    Martham Surgery 14 The Green Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PA

    Received 11 Apr 2005
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/06/0703/A

    Fascia internally illuminated

    35 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9BH NR31 9BH

    Received 4 Aug 2006
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0613/F

    Retrospective application for 1.2metre high close boarded timber fencing on top of existing brick wall

    1 Orchard Court Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LB

    Received 26 Sept 2013
  17. EST/LAW USE CER.06/98/0979/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of the property as a house in multiple occupation comprising: (a) private living accommodation in the form of a semi-detached bungalow; (b) three self-contained flats; and, (c) five flats sharing bathroom and toilet facilities; as shown as the present sub-division of the property as indicated on the attached plans.

    17 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DX

    Received 11 Dec 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0146/F

    Proposed air conditioning unit

    57A Bells Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 10 Mar 2009
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/11/0378/F

    Single storey rear extension to provide self-contained bedsit accommodation

    34 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BH

    Received 7 Jun 2011
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0228/F

    Stationing of static caravan to be used as an Annexe

    Landscape New Road Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HR

    Received 27 Jun 2019
  21. WITHDRAWN06/97/0354/SU

    GIS

    Russell Square Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Apr 1997
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0059/F

    Side extension to garage with flat roof

    1A Tower Road Willow Cottage Repps with Bastwick NR29 5JW

    Received 21 Jan 2015
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0828/F

    GIS

    Burtons Farm Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Oct 1997
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0622/F

    Erection of 64 residential dwellings (Class C3) together with associated highway and landscape works

    New Road (Land off) Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JW

    Received 3 Nov 2015

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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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