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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 · 23,253 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,369 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 28 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/21/0708/CU

    Retrospective application for temporary change of use, for 2 years, of land for car storage and sales

    Limekiln Walk and Vauxhall Bridge (Land between) North Quay GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1JT

    Received 13 Aug 2021
  2. EST/LAW USE CER.06/96/0148/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as garage forecourt/car sales

    Southtown Road Great Yarmouth (forecourt to car sales premises)

    Received 22 Feb 1996
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0675/F

    GIS

    13 Addison Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PA

    Received 20 Aug 1998
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0178/F

    Variation of condition 2 re: PP: 06/17/0235/CU - Time limit change from 3 months to 9 months to submit detailed scheme for off-site highway improvement works

    Trafalgar College Thamesfield Way GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0DN

    Received 20 Mar 2018
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0034/F

    Alterations to shop and extension to living accommodation at 24 Pier Walk

    24 Pier Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Jan 1995
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0258/F

    First floor side extension to provide new bedroom

    73 Burgh Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Mar 2004
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0062/F

    Rear extension for kitchen space and study area

    4 The Cove Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9LA

    Received 6 Feb 2012
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0500/F

    Extension and alterations to front of fish & chip shop (south elevation)

    86 Springfield Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 2 Jun 2006
  9. WITHDRAWN06/97/0823/F

    GIS

    6 Sandpiper Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Oct 1997
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0328/F

    Grandstand/hospitality building

    Great Yarmouth Racecourse Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4AU

    Received 8 Apr 2003
  11. EST/LAW USE CER.06/18/0472/PU

    Application for Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use - Use of the land edged red as a caravan site for the siting of up to 145 caravans as holiday accommodation: (i) Between 1 April or Easter (whichever is the earlier) to 30 September in each year on the land edged yellow on the plan attached to this Certificate; and, (ii) All year round on the land edged blue on the plan attached to this Certificate.

    Stepshort Rose Farm Park (Land at) Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR13 9JS

    Received 21 Aug 2018
  12. DETAILS NOT REQ'D Conditions/Reasons06/24/0443/MM

    Proposed installation of a 20m tall telecommunications monopole supporting 6no. antennas and 2no. 300mm dishes, together with 3no. ground based cabinets, 1no. meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto, including 2m tall compound palisade fencing

    Land adj. to Car Park F, James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 31 May 2024
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0593/F

    Change of use from former doctors surgery to 14 no. residential units - revised from Change of use from former doctors surgery to 15 no. 1 bedroom flats and extension

    35-36 South Quay (South Quay Surgery) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2RG

    Received 2 Sept 2016
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0587/F

    Siting of timber clad steel container for storage purposes only

    Land next to 2 Castle Green Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 30 Jun 2006
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0271/F

    Extension to form dining room and master bedroom

    St Johns House St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JT

    Received 2 Apr 2008
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0417/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    2A Victoria Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6EH

    Received 1 Jul 2015
  17. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/09/0544/F

    Proposed Dwelling

    1 Alexandra Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4ED NR30 4ED

    Received 13 Aug 2009
  18. NO OBJECTION06/24/0392/TCA

    Notification of proposed works to trees in a Conservation Area: T1 Beech - Fell, due to being diseased; T2 Sycamore, T3 Birch, T4 Sycamore - Fell each tree due to trees having died; No replacement planting proposed

    Woodlands 19 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret NR29 3QB

    Received 30 May 2024
  19. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/15/0329/O

    Erection of dwelling house and garage

    Plot Adjacent Shahdara Mill Road Burgh Castle GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QS

    Received 4 Jun 2015
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0228/F

    First and second floor front balconies

    7 River Quays Riverside Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6QR

    Received 6 Apr 2017
  21. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/07/0146/LB

    Reinstatement of chimney stack at top of gable and making good roof structure.

    9 Blackwall Reach Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SA NR31 6SA

    Received 14 Feb 2007
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0266/F

    GIS

    41 Trafalgar Road West Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8BS

    Received 2 Apr 1998
  23. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/26/0025/CD

    Discharge of Condition of pp. 06/24/0762/F (Redevelopment of builders yard for the erection of three dwellings with garaging and all associated works.) - Biodiversity Net Gain

    Land to the east of Manships Farm Cottage Main Road Ormesby

    Received 12 Jan 2026
  24. EST/LAW USE CER.06/24/0946/PU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development, for a proposed single storey rear extension to the existing dwelling 21 Palmer Road, Gorleston, to create a bathroom.

    21 Palmer Road Gorleston NR31 6LE

    Received 9 Dec 2024

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