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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
29,572Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,206 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,322 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0811/F

    Porch at rear *

    3 Alpha Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Sept 1994
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0328/F

    Proposed change of use from public house to office ground floor office accommodation. Provision of staircase to first floor flat

    7 Church Plain Wrestlers Inn Great Yarmouth NR30 1PL

    Received 30 May 2013
  3. LIST.BLD.APP06/01/0073/LB

    Internal alterations to museum and adjustments to fire and security systems *

    Tolhouse Museum Tolhouse Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2SH

    Received 26 Jan 2001
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0412/F

    GIS

    4 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 20 May 1997
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0254/CU

    Change of use from licensed restaurant to mixed use of brewery and licensed bar

    6 George Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HR

    Received 20 May 2015
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0649/F

    Ext to provide add sales area, prep area, new customer rest, new ent lobby, new customer facs & amend car park layout +

    J Sainsbury St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jul 2000
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0546/F

    Revised application for single storey rear extension to provide self-contained bedsit accommodation

    34 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BH

    Received 23 Aug 2011
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/96/0143/F

    New chalet bungalow with integral garage

    Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Feb 1996
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0310/F

    Conservatory *

    2 Curlew Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8QX

    Received 8 Apr 2002
  10. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/01/0863/A

    Projecting banner sign *

    225 Southtown Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Nov 2001
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0539/F

    Change of use of ground floor to Class A2 and first floor meeting room

    18 Hall Quay Star & Garter Great Yarmouth NR30 1HP

    Received 30 Aug 2013
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0215/O

    New village hall, associated car parking, new access road and adjacent building land

    13 Beach Road (adj) Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Mar 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0299/F

    Sub-division of garden to form two plots for detached bungalow and house.

    8 Beach Road (rear of) Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HJ

    Received 21 May 2014
  14. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0498/LB

    GIS

    87 High Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Jul 1996
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0233/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/94/0068/F for continued use of single storey building for B1, B2 and B8 uses

    Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Mar 1995
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0431/F

    Erection of stairs and patio to rear to give access to first floor accommodation +

    56 St Georges Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JT

    Received 9 May 2003
  17. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0779/LB

    GIS

    43 King Street Great Yarmouth NR30 2PN

    Received 15 Oct 1996
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0620/O

    Demolition of 225 High Street and construction of three town houses and three detached bungalows

    High Street/Trafalgar Rd East Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Jul 1995
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0438/VCF

    Variation of Condition 3 of pp 06/83/0092/SU (Flood lighting scheme) - to amend the particulars of the approved lighting specification and change the light fittings and bulkhead units to be used on the retained existing lighting columns.

    Wellesley Recreational Ground Wellesley Road / Sandown Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1EY

    Received 5 Jun 2025
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0783/BU

    GIS

    Land Adjacent Holdan House Church Road Burgh Castle

    Received 25 Sept 1997
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0657/F

    Change of use from Hostel (Category D) housing (11 units) to 7 residential flats

    9 Kent Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2EX

    Received 8 Oct 2009
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0801/F

    New car port

    The Nest, Tower Road Repps Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5JW NR29 5JW

    Received 13 Oct 2005
  23. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/95/0312/A

    Internally illuminated letters with internal yellow neon tube & vertical red neon tubes fixed to fascia

    Mannings Family Amusements Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Apr 1995
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0760/F

    Proposed two-storey side extension, single storey rear extension and relocation of eastern site boundary.

    30 Bunnewell Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RQ

    Received 28 Dec 2012

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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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