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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

240Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,270 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,386 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0674/F
Proposed new shop front and 4 new external A.C condenser units
4 Lowestoft Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LY
Received 26 Oct 2017
OBJECTION06/98/0143/M
GIS
40/42 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 25 Feb 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0376/CU
Outside seating area
17 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2ES
Received 11 Jun 2009
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0257/HH
Proposed side and rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
Saronfa 11 Beach Road Hemsby NR29 4HJ
Received 26 Mar 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0215/F
First floor rear extension, side extension and alterations to roof
51 North Road Lilac Cottage Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH
Received 16 Mar 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0731/F
Extension to side and erection of 1.8m high fence on boundary
10 Marlborough Green Crescent Martham Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Jul 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0479/F
Ground and first floor rear extensions and new red facing brick leaf to existing front (south) wall
Lilac Cottage Main Road Billockby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BG NR29 3BG
Received 3 Aug 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0736/F
Side porch extension *
34 Ormesby Road Rosemary Cottage Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Aug 2003
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/11/0095/F
Proposed ground floor extension, internal alterations and new pitched roof to allow an attic conversion
64 Tan Lane Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5DT
Received 21 Feb 2011
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/12/0604/A
Fascia Sign & Projecting Sign
138A High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6QX
Received 4 Oct 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0621/F
GIS
1a Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Aug 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0121/F
GIS
Edison Way Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Feb 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0170/SU
GIS
1-21 Cherry Road (odds)/ 2-12 Genista Green (evens) Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Mar 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0594/F
Storage building for grounds maintenance machinery
Vauxhall Holiday Park Acle New Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1TB NR30 1TB
Received 6 Jul 2007
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0959/F
Amendment to condition 24 of the Section 36 consent (maximum noise level generated by the power station)
The Power Station South Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PY
Received 11 Oct 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0242/HH
Proposed side extension to form bedroom and garage and garden room. Conversion of existing garage to form living room.
14 Shannon Drive Caister-on-sea NR30 5UE
Received 24 Mar 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0306/BF
Balcony *
Staithe House The Staithe Thurne Great Yarmouth
Received 2 Apr 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0790/F
GIS
3 Seafield Road South Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Oct 1996
PERMITTED DEV.06/04/0035/CU
Retain ground floor shop space and convert first and second floors from storage to two- bedroomed self-cont flat
27/28 Broad Row Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Jan 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0268/HH
Proposed single storey front, side and rear extension
21 Heather Road Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9PR
Received 18 Mar 2022
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0493/F
Proposed first floor extension over garage and conversion of garage
136 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3RQ
Received 23 Aug 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0236/CU
Ground floor lock up shop change of use to Class A2 (Financial & Professional Services)
Unit 2 High Street Precinct Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RL
Received 19 Mar 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0157/F
Front wall increased in height from 1m to 1.5m; dividing wall between Nos 102 & 104 to be increased in height to 1.5m *
102 Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NA
Received 29 Feb 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0658/F
Proposed single storey side extension
4 Deben Drive Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JY
Received 22 Oct 2010

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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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