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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 · 23,191 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,307 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Undecided06/25/1100/F

    Extension to factory to contain new glass making machinery; Use of land for siting 6no. storage containers; Construction of new car parking and access, and new forecourt fencing, with associated new landscaping (Use Class B2).

    Land at Fenner Road and Bloomfield Road, adjacent Mercator Works, South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 3QL

    Received 23 Dec 2025
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0705/HH

    Proposed side and rear extensions

    47 North Road Ormesby NR29 3LD

    Received 4 Sept 2024
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0421/F

    Extension to side *

    53 Long Beach Estate Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4JD

    Received 30 May 2001
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0609/F

    Single storey rear extension and pitched roof to replace existing flat roof

    14 Balmoral Avenue GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4DZ

    Received 14 Jul 2021
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0160/F

    Ground floor extension and formation of bedroom in roof space

    4 Gournay Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DZ

    Received 14 Mar 2011
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/1009/F

    Provision of twelve caravan bases with roadways and services as extension to holiday site +

    California Cliffs Holiday Park Rottenstone Lane Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Dec 1999
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0578/F

    GIS

    15/16 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 Jul 1998
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0491/BF

    Single storey wooden summerhouse to be used for bird watching

    Bure Reach Bure Reach Stokesby Great Yarmouth (field adjoining)

    Received 27 Jun 2005
  9. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/12/0016/CD

    Proposed extension to existing industrial building - Discharge of Condition 5 re: Planning Permission 06/11/0311/F

    Lion Engineering Services Ltd Gapton Hall Road (Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth NR31 0NL

    Received 17 Jan 2012
  10. WITHDRAWN06/18/0141/F

    Variation of condition 2 of Planning Permission 06/16/0140/F - Amend layout to change from 2 bed to 3 bed bungalows

    Pippin Close (Clere House) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RW

    Received 2 Mar 2018
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0149/CU

    GIS

    Unit 16 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Feb 1999
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0582/F

    Single storey side extension

    11 Coxswain Read Way Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5AW

    Received 20 Sept 2012
  13. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/04/0715/A

    Freestanding sign accommodation in connection with holiday park

    2 Pyke Court Branford Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Jul 2004
  14. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/09/0623/LB

    Alterations to form restaurant,circulation corridor,reading room,kitchen alterations,foyer, additional accommodation wing & accommodation to existing outbuilding,day retreat,camping area & facilities,bio-mass building & reception building enhancements

    Fritton Lake & Fritton House Hotel Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HA

    Received 28 Sept 2009
  15. WITHDRAWN06/17/0661/LB

    Variation of condition 1 of Listed Building Consent 06/16/0534/LB - Amendments to approved drawings

    136 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 16 Oct 2017
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0168/F

    Extension and conservatory *

    35 Grange Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5BA

    Received 27 Feb 2001
  17. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/13/0690/LB

    Proposed change of use to self contained ground floor flat and single retail shop unit. Reinstate steel railings

    66 Marine Parade The Aloha Fish Bar Great Yarmouth NR30 2EJ

    Received 12 Nov 2013
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0641/CU

    To place 10 removable tables & 40 removable chairs during April-Sept & between 10am-11pm for patrons of Market Tavern

    17 Market Place Market Tavern Public House Great Yarmouth (immediately in front of)

    Received 21 Jul 1995
  19. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0879/A

    GIS

    184/185 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Nov 1996
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0421/F

    Renewal of pp 06/00/0285/F for 2-storey and single storey portacabins *

    Trafalgar Yard Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 May 2003
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0657/F

    Retrospective application for greenhouse in rear garden

    18 Fakes Road Cherryann Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JL

    Received 15 Nov 2019
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0039/F

    A semi-permanent steel building to be used for equipment & component storage

    Boundary Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 10 Jan 2006
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0462/HH

    Demolition of conservatory, erection of 2 storey side extension (Amended Description)

    1 Royal Sovereign Crescent Bradwell NR31 9GE

    Received 25 May 2022
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0762/F

    GIS

    283 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Sept 1997

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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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