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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 · 23,304 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,420 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/99/0082/F

    GIS

    187 Burgh Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9ER

    Received 1 Feb 1999
  2. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0223/CU

    Change of use from guest house to bed sits +

    76 Walpole Road Haven Guest House Great Yarmouth NR30 4NS

    Received 8 Mar 2002
  3. Split decision Conditions/Reasons06/23/0211/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4 and 5 of pp. 06/22/0310/HH - ground investigation report, details of wall repair and strategy details regards the protection of the listed garden wall.

    Burnley Hall Estate Dark Lane East Somerton Somerton NR29 4DZ

    Received 17 Mar 2023
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0847/VCF

    Variation of Condition 3 of pp 06/13/0549/F (Extensions and conversion to create a childrens nursery) - Proposal to increase the number of children able to attend any session at the nursery, from the existing maximum restriction of 30, to a proposed maximum of 100 children per session at any time.

    Scribbles Day Nursery High Street Gorleston NR31 6RR

    Received 14 Oct 2025
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0161/F

    GIS

    44 Wright Close Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Feb 1999
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1004/F

    Retention of horticultural polytunnel, and timber shed for storage of horticultural equipment and tools

    Primary House (field adjoining) Horsey Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4DW

    Received 20 Nov 2007
  7. WITHDRAWN06/98/0430/F

    GIS

    24/25 Euston Road Former Lodge Hotel Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 May 1998
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0367/F

    Demolition of existing chalet accommodation and proposed caravan development including Housekeepers Store and all associated infrastructure

    Seacroft Holiday Village Beach Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4HR

    Received 13 Jun 2017
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0990/F

    Extn to kitchen & dining room at Hadleigh Gables. Bridge on 1st floor from Hadleigh Gables Hotel to the Regency Hotel

    Hadleigh Gables North Drive Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Nov 2006
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0671/F

    Conservatory *

    2 Siskin Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JZ

    Received 29 Jul 2002
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0507/F

    Proposed revised site boundary line, minor alterations to position of Unit 6, layout change to Unit 3

    Dairy Farm 37 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QE

    Received 27 Aug 2019
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/1023/F

    Proposed addition of 2 no. casement windows to the side elevation on 1st and 2nd floor

    20 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2NZ

    Received 16 Dec 2021
  13. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/25/1096/PAD

    Application for Prior Approval for an upward extension to existing detached dwelling, to provide a new first floor storey to the bungalow to provide 3 no. additional bedrooms and bathroom and a new overall height of 7.67m.

    5 Clydesdale Rise Bradwell NR31 9UG

    Received 20 Dec 2025
  14. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/03/0930/D

    One hundred and ten dwellings and garages together with ancillary works

    Waters Lane Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Oct 2003
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0238/F

    Proposed construction of four new two storey dwellings with detached car ports. Conversion and extension of existing barn to form dwelling. Repositioning of highway access

    37 Yarmouth Road Dairy Farm Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QE

    Received 31 Mar 2017
  16. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0512/CD

    Discharge of Condition 7 of pp 06/24/0247/F (Demolition of Public house and replacement with three detached dwellings and 3 Bay Carport) ; Condition 7 - Submission of programme of historic building recording - photographic survey

    Decoy Tavern Public House Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9AB

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0673/F

    First floor extension over garage and ground floor sun room *

    283 El Alamein Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Jul 2003
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0951/F

    Rear extension

    20 St Margarets Way Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Oct 2004
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0795/F

    GIS

    17 Market Place Market Tavern Public House Great Yarmouth (immediately in front of) NR30 1LY

    Received 21 Oct 1996
  20. EST/LAW USE REF06/95/0379/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as residential

    79 Regent Road Great Yarmouth (Flat 10 Third Floor)

    Received 1 May 1995
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0941/F

    Alterations and change of use

    1 Bultitudes Loke Norfolk House Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Nov 1994
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0953/F

    New portal framed and steel clad warehouse/stores building (Class B8 Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order)

    Former Power Station Site South Denes Road/Swanson Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 2 Nov 2007
  23. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/16/0696/CD

    To demolish existing electricity substation - D.O. 3, 5 and 6 re: P.P: 06/16/0394/CC

    Row 97 (Substation) Howard Street South GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2PS

    Received 20 Oct 2016
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0708/O

    Residential development three chalets with garages revised re-submission of 06/06/0995/O

    Shamrock Motor Sales 22 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth, NR31 8DF

    Received 8 Aug 2007

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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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