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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 · 23,610 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,726 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/12/0383/F

    Proposed new electric meter housing

    Lowestoft Road Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9AH

    Received 11 Jun 2012
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0794/BF

    Loft conversion to single storey annexe *

    Highgate Farm Swim Road Runham Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Sept 2000
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0512/F

    Removal of condition 1 of planning permission consent 06/13/0224/CU: Application for use of single dwelling as house in multiple occupation

    90 Churchill Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4NQ

    Received 9 Aug 2017
  4. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/99/0086/LB

    GIS

    1 Marine Parade Hotel Elizabeth Great Yarmouth (formerly New Cavendish Hotel)

    Received 2 Feb 1999
  5. NO OBJECTION06/26/0617/TEL

    Notification of proposed installation of a 10m medium wooden pole on land outside 61 Links Road, Gorleston, NR31 6JX.

    61 Links Road (Land outside) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JX

    Received 4 Aug 2026
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0614/F

    Demolition of existing building and erection of 9 no. assisted living apartments and 1 no. staff apartment with adjoining office.

    38 Hawthorn Road (formerly the Stepping Out care home) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8ES

    Received 26 Jul 2024
  7. WITHDRAWN06/09/0489/F

    Change of use from touring to static caravans. Removal of 89 touring pitches & introduction of 38 static caravans. Access Road & associated infrastructure.

    Breydon Water Holiday Parks Yare Village Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QB

    Received 27 Jul 2009
  8. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/17/0758/CD

    Discharge of conditions 6, 7 and 10 of PP: 06/16/0765/F - Change of use of ground floor to A1, A3 and A5 use and creation of 7 self contained flats (revised from 9)

    19 Hall Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HP

    Received 6 Dec 2017
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0886/F

    Renewal of planning permission no 06/01/0592/F for two double temporary classrooms

    East Nflk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BQ

    Received 13 Sept 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0404/F

    Installation of a dropped kerb

    15 Jellicoe Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4AX

    Received 13 Jun 2012
  11. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0241/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4 of pp 06/22/1027/F (Erection of 7no. dwellings) - Submission of Construction Traffic Management Plan

    Land adj Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0656/HH

    Proposed single storey side extension

    Myrtle Cottage 85 Staithe Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PY

    Received 13 Aug 2026
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0515/O

    Demolish existing dwelling, erection of 4 single storey dwellings & 2 two storey dwellings off a private road.

    21 Crab Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 9 Jun 2006
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0115/F

    Single storey rear extension

    112 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QZ NR29 4QZ

    Received 25 Feb 2010
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0588/HH

    Proposed side & Rear Extensions, including new roof

    Copperfield Sidegate Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9AT

    Received 26 Jul 2023
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0220/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (ref TPO No.6 2024) - Regular repeated tree works operations under a phased programme of work to be undertaken under good tree management, affecting trees W1, G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, G7, G8, G9, G10, T1 (Cedar) and T2 (Oak).

    Kurumba House Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Norfolk NR29 3JW

    Received 25 Mar 2024
  17. WITHDRAWN06/23/0874/CU

    Retrospective application for change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to a House of Multiple Occupation of up to 6 residents (Use Class C4).

    15 Apsley Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2HG

    Received 29 Nov 2023
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0412/F

    Proposed change of use of shop to residential flat, ground floor extension with balcony over

    1A High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RT

    Received 21 Jun 2012
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0073/F

    Removal of a section of wall and formation of vehicular access onto Victoria Road

    32A Clarence Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6DS

    Received 11 Feb 2013
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0292/F

    Ground floor extension and new first floor over part of bungalow

    Eastern Lights Beach Road Winterton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4AJ

    Received 11 May 2010
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0341/F

    Redevelopment of existing 17.5m high to top of antennas base station and additional works

    Great Yarmouth Racecourse Fremantle Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 4AU NR30 4AU

    Received 10 Apr 2007
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0176/F

    GIS

    Wheatfields Bridgecourt Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Mar 1998
  23. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/96/0194/D

    Four detached dwellings

    York Villa (land rear of) Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Mar 1996
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0818/F

    GIS

    34 Winifred Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Oct 1996

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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.

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