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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
224Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,203 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,319 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 24 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/07/0022/SU

    Installation of horse shelters and toilet block to Landau Station

    Marine Parade Great Yarmouth (opposite Britannia Terrace)

    Received 5 Jan 2007
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0921/F

    Lounge and porch extension

    14 The Fairway Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 31 Oct 1994
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0750/F

    Proposed extension and loft conversion, increasing ridge height. Balcony and decking

    West View Bungalow Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BD

    Received 23 Dec 2013
  4. PERMITTED DEV.06/20/0233/PDE

    Notification of larger home extension - proposed single storey rear extension

    28 Allendale Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5ES

    Received 29 May 2020
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0913/F

    GIS

    1 St Johns Road Kings Head Public House Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JT

    Received 3 Dec 1996
  6. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/09/0726/CD

    Change of use to class C2 residential care for adults with learning difficulties - Discharge of Conditions 3,4,& 5 re:P.P: 06/09/0226/F

    Decoy Farm Browston Lane Browston Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Nov 2009
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0482/F

    Extension to existing garage

    150 El Alamein Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8TD NR31 8TD

    Received 22 Jul 2016
  8. NO OBJECTION06/23/0608/TEL

    Proposed installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus ; 1no 9m light Wooden pole at the following 4 sites - S/O 22 Wensum Way, Belton, O/S Tanglewood, St Johns Road, Belton, R/O Ranworth Close, Belton and Opp. 15 Waveney Drive, Belton

    Wensum Way/St Johns Road/Ranworth Close/Waveney Drive Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NY

    Received 28 Aug 2023
  9. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0090/A

    New signage

    Clinton Cards Unit 4 Theatre Plain 2 Regent Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Feb 2010
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0681/F

    Residential development comprising nineteen housing units with private gardens & car parking & new entrance to coach park

    Beach Coach Station Sandown Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 14 Oct 2011
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0205/F

    Demolition of dilapidated storage building and construction of 2 dwellings

    47 Northgate Street (Land R/O) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1BJ

    Received 3 Apr 2019
  12. NO OBJECTION06/15/0016/SU

    Change of use of former caretaker's accommodation (C3) to office accommodation (B1(a))

    Time and Tide Museum 16 Blackfriars Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3BX

    Received 23 Jan 2015
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0447/F

    Conservatory to rear elevation

    5 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3PU NR29 3PU

    Received 16 May 2006
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0478/F

    Siting of external picnic tables and portable screen surrounds adjacent to sea wall opposite The Pier Hotel.

    Pier Hotel South Pier Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6PL

    Received 11 Jun 2021
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/24/0163/CD

    Proposed discharge of Condition 8 of pp 06/21/0292/F - Demolition of warehouse; construction of residential building comprising fourteen flats - Unknown Contamination

    4 Archers Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Mar 2024
  16. APPROVED BY NCC06/01/0831/SU

    Formation of two play areas *

    Wroughton Middle School Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Oct 2001
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0499/F

    Conversion of existing garage to bedroom/bathroom accommodation and extension over garage to create new annexe. Roof garden on first floor.

    Hillcrest St Marys Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Aug 2013
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0458/F

    GIS

    23 University Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 May 1997
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0298/HH

    Proposed two storey rear extension

    Decoy House Browston Lane Browston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9DP

    Received 12 Apr 2023
  20. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0138/F

    Conversion of existing first floor offices into three 2 bedroom flats and one 1 bedroom flat

    Vision House Main Cross Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NZ

    Received 5 Mar 2012
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0154/F

    GIS

    14 Westerley Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AL

    Received 26 Feb 1998
  22. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/08/0729/M

    Dismantling of existing building and re-erect on new site

    Kemps Farm Back Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5FF

    Received 2 Oct 2008
  23. WITHDRAWN06/99/0916/F

    GIS

    Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Nov 1999
  24. EST/LAW USE CER.06/23/0901/PU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development, for: (1) Removal of existing glazed entrance to maths block and subsequent installation of a slightly larger new glazed entrance with automatic sliding entrance door, to the front of the maths block; and (2) Installation of new external first floor fire escape, to the rear of the maths block.

    Lynn Grove Academy Lynn Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP

    Received 7 Dec 2023

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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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