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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 · 23,205 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,321 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/07/0060/F

    Alterations and extensions

    "Kurumba" Station Road Ormesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3JW NR29 3JW

    Received 19 Jan 2007
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1044/F

    Conservatory to rear

    Plot 41 Mariners Lea 33 Jenner Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Nov 2004
  3. EST/LAW USE REF06/01/0083/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use for siting of a residential caravan *

    79 Yarmouth Road (rear of) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Feb 2001
  4. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0487/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Construction Ecological Management Plan - Biodiversity) of pp. 06/23/0669/F (Erection of 29 dwellings, access, parking and associated external works.)

    Land off Kings Drive and Marjoram Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8TF

    Received 19 Jun 2026
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0053/CU

    Change of use of existing store to coffee shop/cafe

    Hippodrome Circus St Georges Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2EU

    Received 21 Jan 2021
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0020/F

    GIS

    194 Stafford Road (adjacent) Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Jan 1999
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0134/F

    Proposed change of use of former takeaway shop area to form residential area, alterations to front and side elevations

    198 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RP

    Received 28 Feb 2014
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0325/HH

    Single storey rear extension.

    46 Crosstead Great Yarmouth NR30 4AP

    Received 24 Apr 2025
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0694/F

    Variation of condition to allow occupation from 1st March to 14th January in the following year *

    24 Four Acres Estate Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JB

    Received 2 Aug 2002
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0907/F

    Retention of portable building

    Marine Offshore Designers (1987) Ltd Magellan House James Watt Close Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 23 Oct 2006
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0561/F

    Proposed demolition of existing balcony and new ground and first floor extension

    12 Laurel Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8PB NR31 8PB

    Received 26 Jun 2007
  12. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/22/0394/CD

    Discharge of condition 62 of pp. 06/13/0652/O - Drainage Strategy (surface water)

    Land West of Woodfarm Lane (Bluebell Meadow) (Phase 5 Wheatcroft Farm) Beccles Road Bradwell

    Received 3 May 2022
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0490/HH

    Replacement of 5no. white painted timber windows on the front elevation with black/woodgrain-effect PVCu windows

    234 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RT

    Received 14 Jun 2024
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0182/CU

    Change of use from warehouse with trade sales to furniture retail outlet

    The Conge/George Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1JN

    Received 4 Mar 2008
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0729/F

    Single storey front extension

    47 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 6HN

    Received 13 Aug 2007
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0955/F

    Proposed change of use from retail/commercial into education use to accommodate the relocated Great Yarmouth Public Library and provide new space for university classrooms and Adult Education (F1 (a) (d) uses); Ancillary associated uses; proposed external repairs to building fabric; Replacement door & windows; New ground floor entrance to Market Place; Internal amendments to facilitate new use; New external staircase

    Former Palmers Store 37-39 Market Place Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1LU

    Received 4 Nov 2022
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0160/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/98/0299/F for two- storey extension for existing offices *

    Malthouse Site (offices) Malthouse Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Feb 2003
  18. WITHDRAWN06/13/0472/O

    Demolition of two existing buildings (Cranbrook Centre and Tug Store) and residential development of up to 79 units, including conversion of the Silverwood Centre, associated highway works

    Northgate Hospital Northgate Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1BU

    Received 23 Aug 2013
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0919/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO ref: No.2 2025) - T1 (Hornbeam) and T2 (Hornbeam) - Crown reduction of maximum 1m and architectural pruning to red lines annotated on photos to regulate the size and shape.

    12 Cherry Tree Avenue (trees adjacent the highway) Martham NR29 4QP

    Received 29 Oct 2025
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0215/F

    Demolition and rebuilding of rear wing of private dwelling to form new kitchen and bathroom

    10 Stone Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Mar 1996
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0486/F

    GIS

    Fara (adjacent to) Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Jul 1996
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0867/F

    Ground floor extension to rear of house

    Station Villa The Street Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Oct 2007
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0297/F

    Single storey detached garage and car port in rear garden to replace existing garage

    43 Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AN

    Received 6 Apr 2000
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1074/F

    Edwardian conservatory *

    38 Meadow Rise Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Dec 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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