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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20,894 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. APPROVE06/96/0120/F

    Change of use of cinema into multi bar entertainment centre

    Empire Cinema Marine Parade Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Feb 1996
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0635/F

    Conservatory +

    17 Norwich Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5JD

    Received 25 Jul 2000
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0429/F

    Two-storey rear extension *

    4 Queens Place Cobholm Great Yarmouth NR31 0HT

    Received 14 May 2002
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0957/F

    Bedroom extension *

    17 Foxglove Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Dec 2001
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0828/CU

    Change of use to refrigeration workshop, office and depot

    Unit 2, Canada Building Battery Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 8AG

    Received 21 Sept 2007
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0651/F

    Two-storey front extension and single storey rear extension

    14 Clay Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jul 2000
  7. WITHDRAWN06/14/0506/F

    Use of ground floor for (A3) restaurant/cafe and (B8) storage use. Three residential units on 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors

    22 Market Place J J B Sports Plc Great Yarmouth NR30 1LY

    Received 10 Jul 2014
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0114/F

    Proposed Self Build 4 Bed detached Chalet Bungalow in side garden

    Farside Sidegate Road Hopton-On-Sea NR31 9AT

    Received 12 Mar 2020
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0714/F

    Erection of guyed 40 ft aerial mast on flat roof of single storey building (total height 49 ft) from ground +

    2 Anson Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0EG

    Received 21 Aug 2000
  10. WITHDRAWN06/22/0725/VCF

    Proposed variation of conditions 4 & 7 of pp. 06/22/0109/F - Cond 4 - Change to construction times to allow working on Saturdays and Sunday mornings; Cond 7 - Correction to wording - incorrect organisations quoted

    Wellesley Recreation Ground Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1EY

    Received 18 Aug 2022
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0711/O

    Demolition of 2 existing garages & boundary wall & use of resultant site for the erection of one detached house

    Kings Road Great Yarmouth (part 56 South Beach Parade)

    Received 31 Aug 1995
  12. WITHDRAWN06/22/1014/CU

    Proposed change of use of public house (ground floor) to 2 dwellings: 1 x 2 bed flat & 1 x 1 bed/studio flat

    The Colonel H Public House 130 Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth Norfok NR30 2JY

    Received 18 Nov 2022
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1071/F

    Site three kiosks on front of Model Village for general retail (A1)

    Merrivale Model Village Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JG

    Received 7 Dec 2007
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0655/BF

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/91/0609/BF for use of portacabin as shop

    N C C Land Home Farm The Street Thurne Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Jul 1994
  15. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0642/CD

    Discharge of Condition 5: Evidence of a Protected Species License, of pp 06/25/0364/VCF (A variation of pp 06/12/0126/F - new residential hospice building).

    Land north of Oaklands Farm Sidegate Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AP

    Received 10 Aug 2026
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0430/F

    Single storey wheelchair accessible annexe to west side of existing two storey dwelling.

    Woodbine Cottage Lady Broad Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 5GY

    Received 22 Jun 2012
  17. WITHDRAWN06/03/0432/O

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

    13 Beach Road (adjacent) Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 May 2003
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0946/F

    GIS

    85/86 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Dec 1996
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0830/F

    Extension (flat roof) to rear of double garage *

    43 Sea View Rise Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SE

    Received 8 Sept 2003
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0051/F

    Removal of existing conservatory and erection of garden room

    Hill Farm Martham Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DX

    Received 28 Jan 2010
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0471/F

    To replace existing boat shed

    14 Old Mill Road Caister Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5HE

    Received 22 Jul 2011
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0783/F

    Edwardian conservatory *

    Upper Warren Lodge Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AB

    Received 21 Aug 2003
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0306/F

    Single storey extension and new detached garage

    Woodlands School Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RW

    Received 1 Jun 2018
  24. WITHDRAWN06/93/0558/F

    Renewal of planning permission

    Pasteur Road Great Yarmouth . .

    Received 23 Jun 1993

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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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