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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
29,574Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,457 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,573 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/02/1060/A

    Price identification sign and poster boards *

    St Nicholas Filling Station St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1NN

    Received 6 Dec 2002
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0967/F

    Demolish and rebuild rear

    16 School Road Runham Vauxhall Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Nov 1994
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/1002/F

    Proposed change of use of part of site from 38 touring pitches to 19 static caravans, installation of new concrete bases for stationing of caravans, and creation of additional internal access track

    Tuddenham Caravan Park California Road California GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3QW

    Received 7 Dec 2021
  4. Accept Amend Notice Conditions/Reasons06/20/0396/NMA

    Non material amendment to pp 06/20/0110/f - Change of materials in the construction of external surfaces

    11 Roseview Close Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8UP

    Received 29 Jul 2020
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0539/F

    Demolish the existing front boundary wall and construction of a new wall with railings and gate, to match others in the area

    20 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3JL

    Received 31 Aug 2010
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0972/CU

    To use car storage compound to sell secondhand cars

    Hopton Filling Station Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Nov 1994
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0288/HH

    Erection of a single-storey rear extension with roof lantern

    Marric Butt Lane Burgh Castle NR31 9PU

    Received 11 Apr 2024
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0106/F

    A terrace of three, two bedroomed dwellings

    Ivy House Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HB

    Received 12 Mar 2020
  9. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0382/CD

    Discharge of condition 14 of application 06/21/0796/F: (Demolition of school buildings and erection of 5no dwellings - Details of Bin storage enclosure

    Former Edward Worlledge School Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED

    Received 10 May 2024
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0917/F

    GIS

    1 Yare Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JZ

    Received 9 Nov 1999
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0801/F

    Lounge extension to front, kitchen and bedroom extension to rear

    6 Cedar Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8JA

    Received 17 Aug 2004
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0917/SU

    Three lifts within brick shafts

    24/39 Hawkins Close Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Oct 2002
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0792/F

    Detached double garage to front of property *

    21 Thrigby Road Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EA

    Received 28 Aug 2003
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0653/F

    Cloakroom and garage *

    36 Western Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QF

    Received 8 Jul 2003
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0036/F

    Two-storey and single-storey extension to rear, second storey over garage

    46 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EX

    Received 19 Jan 2009
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0484/BF

    GIS

    Lake View House Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5ET

    Received 17 Jun 1998
  17. CON. AREA. REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0770/CC

    Demolition of brick and tiled outbuildings

    (Garden Plot) 25 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 30 Sept 2005
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0495/CU

    Retrospective application for change of use from residential to HMO

    20 Havelock Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3HQ

    Received 24 Aug 2018
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0739/F

    Change of use first floor vacant retail unit to two one-bedroomed apartments

    127 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Aug 2006
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/05/0628/A

    Shop sign and protruding sign with bracket on 1st floor; edge lit acrylic panels inside top of main windows

    76 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Aug 2005
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0688/F

    Proposed conservatory on bungalow

    2 Aspen Close Martham NR29 4RT

    Received 29 Sept 2014
  22. EST/LAW USE CER.06/04/1131/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use in respect of its trading as a restaurant for non-residents

    32/37 Princes Road Waverley Hotel Great Yarmouth NR30 2DG

    Received 23 Nov 2004
  23. APPROVE06/11/0071/CD

    20 flats for sheltered housing; 5 general needs housing; associated access road & external works - Discharge Condition 16 in respect of landscaping - 06/10/0351/F

    The Old Hospital Site Estcourt Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 8 Feb 2011
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0678/CU

    Change of use from candle craft centre to retail with ancillary tea room and one dwellinghouse *

    90/91/92 South Market Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2BQ

    Received 3 Sept 2001

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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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