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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
29,577Searchable applications
223Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,778 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,894 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/16/0116/CD

    Discharge condition 11 of PP 06/15/0487/F

    Caister Holiday Park Ormesby Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NH

    Received 22 Feb 2016
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0677/F

    Elevational alterations including insertion of bi-fold doors and removal of chimney stack

    132 Ormesby Road The Centurian PH Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NJ

    Received 31 Oct 2017
  3. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0296/M

    Demolition of 1-10 Business Units

    Main Cross Road Unit 1-10 Business Units GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2PA

    Received 10 May 2017
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0910/F

    Single storey rear extension

    Horseshoe Cottage Main Road Fleggburgh Great Yarmouth NR29 3AG

    Received 17 Dec 2008
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0755/F

    Extension at side/rear to form bathroom/study.

    5 Elmgrove Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Sept 2005
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0253/F

    GIS

    The Close (land fronting) Hemsby Great Yarmouth (adjacent Marlborough House)

    Received 30 Mar 1998
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0547/CU

    Use of site for retailing to the general public in addition to the permitted use of the premises

    25 White Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PQ

    Received 31 Aug 2010
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0519/F

    Proposed new light industrial unit

    Masco House Shuttleworth Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 5 Sept 2018
  9. DCO responded to06/26/0710/SU

    Consultation request for application WA0210003 - Environmental Statement Scoping Opinion for an Order granting Development Consent for the Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and Storage Project

    Water Treatment Works, Stirrups Lane Corton Lowestoft NR32 5LE

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0346/F

    To erect examples of conservatories and an office unit on a site to let by Great Yarmouth Borough Council

    North Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 23 May 2011
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0454/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No.9 1989) - W1 - T1 (Beech) and T2 (Beech) on the southern boundary - Crown height reduction of each tree by up to 3m.

    Woodlands, Scratby Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3PQ

    Received 4 Jun 2026
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0631/F

    New hipped roof to existing flat roof extension and formation of new single shower room

    11 Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DJ

    Received 27 Aug 2008
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0251/F

    First floor extension to form bedroom

    6 Sweetacres Hemsby Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 10 Mar 2006
  14. Not proceeded with06/24/0809/A

    Continued display of advertisements (menu-board and banner)

    85B North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1JF

    Received 10 Oct 2024
  15. WITHDRAWN06/98/0142/F

    GIS

    1 Eastern Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Feb 1998
  16. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/97/0050/A

    Sign projecting off backing 100mm

    165 King Street Divers Public House Great Yarmouth NR30 2PA

    Received 23 Jan 1997
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0158/F

    GIS

    110 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Feb 1999
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0113/F

    Application for retrospective permission for construction of concrete hard standing for siting of static caravan within the restrictions of the existing Site Licence, together with concrete footpath and tarmac car space.

    Seashore Holiday Park North Drive Great Yarmouth NR30 4HG

    Received 13 Feb 2024
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0193/F

    Erection of 2 4-bedroomed 2- storey houses and garages

    The Croft (adjacent) Martham Road Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5DR

    Received 21 Apr 2020
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0616/F

    Extension to north elevation

    4J's Bungalow Low Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BJ

    Received 19 Sept 2011
  21. EST/LAW USE REF06/95/0523/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as dwelling house

    48 Four Acres Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jun 1995
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0250/CU

    Positioning of two tables and eight chairs on pavement in Broad Row outside cafe

    Ribatejo Cafe 15 Broad Row Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 12 Mar 2007
  23. Undecided06/26/0543/D

    Reserved Matters application with full details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of development for 433 residential dwellings, with associated infrastructure, drainage basin, open space, access road and highways works, comprising Phases 2 and 3 of the development, pursuant to outline planning permission 06/19/0676/O (Development of up to 665 dwellings, local centre, land for primary school, health centre, highways works and open space). ('Subsequent EIA Development').

    Land west of Jack Chase Way (at Nova Scotia Farm) (north of Calgary Boulevard and Bridgewater Road) West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Jul 2026
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0104/CU

    Renewal of planning permission Ref. No. 06/08/0239/CU for storage use (B8)

    Former BT Repeater Station Common Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Feb 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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