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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 · 23,168 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,284 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/03/0771/F

    Extension and alterations to rear of property *

    4 High Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 8AT

    Received 19 Aug 2003
  2. WITHDRAWN06/15/0190/F

    New dwelling

    17 The Esplanade (Land R/O) Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NZ

    Received 31 Mar 2015
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0807/F

    Extension to first floor over car port to allow car still able to drive underneath *

    5 Selwyn Drive Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 6LP

    Received 28 Sept 2000
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/01/0050/F

    New and repositioned exit from car park including new pavement crossing & associated accommodation works +

    Turnstone Public House Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Jan 2001
  5. WITHDRAWN06/26/0149/SU

    Marine Management Organisation (MMO) consultation: Requesting comments for an EIA Scoping Opinion relating to dredging for aggregates 18km offshore from Great Yarmouth.

    Area 242-361, Anglian marine aggregate region east of Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Mar 2026
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0838/F

    Erection of single storey front porch, window to side

    25 Raleigh Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4BP

    Received 17 Nov 2008
  7. EST/LAW USE CER.06/25/0365/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use - To confirm use of the premises is lawfully established as a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) comprising 10no. bedrooms for use by up to 10no. residents (a 'large HMO' sui generis use).

    60 Albany Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0EU

    Received 12 May 2025
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0591/F

    First floor extension over kitchen to form bedroom

    2 Mill Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4ND

    Received 24 Sept 2012
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0021/SU

    Porches

    2/4/6/8/10/12 Hertford Way 29/31/33 Pembroke Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Jan 1996
  10. Undecided06/25/0830/LB

    Alterations, restoration and refurbishment works to facilitate change of use of the public house into a mixed-use premises of restaurant and public house at ground floor, two holiday lets units at first floor, retained public house use at basement level. External alterations to the facades including installation of new windows and doors, replacement windows, installation of external spiral staircase, erection of a single storey extension and first floor balcony above, strengthening works to roof and installation of plant equipment, construction of two raised dining terraces, walls and balustrades, new access ramp. Amendments to the internal layout including removal of existing and installation of new dividing walls. (Amended proposal to replace listed building consent 06/24/0973/LB, introducing: including change in external staircase design, alterations to rear extension, terrace walls and balustrades, installation of plant equipment within service yard, and alterations to landscaping)

    The Iron Duke Public House North Drive Great Yarmouth NR30 4HF

    Received 8 Oct 2025
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0068/F

    Extension to rear of property and associated works

    11 Black Street Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PN

    Received 20 Jan 2016
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0143/F

    Re-siting of detached garage approved under planning permission no. 06/14/0516/F and change of use of land to be included in residential curtilage

    Bluebell House Hobland Road Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9AR

    Received 12 Mar 2015
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0748/F

    Single storey rear extension *

    8 Royal Thames Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5SD

    Received 5 Sept 2000
  14. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0415/CD

    Discharge of Condition 2 of pp 06/25/0051/VCF - Application for retrospective permission to vary Condition 2 (approved plans) of pp. 06/17/0447/F (Residential development to form 8 self contained flats) - Bin Store Materials

    Gainsborough Court Shadingfield Close Great Yarmouth NR30 3JW

    Received 23 May 2025
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0712/F

    Variation of conditions 2, 14 & 17 of Planning Permission: 06/09/0792/F - additional drawings AKD planting and landscaping conditions

    Excalibur Road Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Nov 2011
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0567/CU

    Change of use from guest house to private dwelling

    2 Trafalgar Road Helm House GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2LD

    Received 5 Sept 2017
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0083/F

    Instal 2 Jaybeam antennae at 30m, one 0.6m dish at 34m and one 1.2m dish at 33.4m *

    Transco GY Transmitter Station Sefton Lane Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Feb 2003
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0218/F

    New detached garage

    36 Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN

    Received 8 Apr 2013
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1000/CU

    Change of use to sale of hot and cold food +

    103 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RF

    Received 18 Nov 2002
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/95/0075/A

    Entrance sign and 4 flag poles

    California Sands Chalet Park California Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jan 1995
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0972/F

    Wheeled refuse bin shelter steel structure with profiled metal roof and facing brick walls

    Sidney Close Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Oct 2003
  22. NO OBJECTION06/03/1104/MM

    GDO Part 24 application - telecommunication installation

    Gorleston Football Club Woodfarm Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 9AQ

    Received 26 Nov 2003
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/25/1029/F

    Subdivision of existing residential curtilage to create a separate residential plot and an attached 2-bedroom residential dwelling.

    2 Campion Avenue Gorleston NR31 7NB

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0480/CU

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/99/0448/CU for use of site for recommissioning offshore platforms *

    South Denes Road Great Yarmouth (Tank Site)

    Received 27 May 2002

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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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