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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
239Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,658 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,774 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0374/F

    GIS

    Bulb Farm West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Apr 1999
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0164/HH

    Partial removal of front boundary wall; Installation of dropped kerb access and block paving driveway.

    126B Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6ND

    Received 10 Mar 2026
  3. PERMITTED DEV. Conditions/Reasons06/23/0515/PDE

    Prior approval for a larger home extension - single storey rear extension off garage to provide an extra bedroom

    52 Second Avenue Caister-on-sea NR30 5NW

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0191/F

    GIS

    Beechwood Road (Builders Yard) Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Mar 1997
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0533/F

    Demolition of existing bungalow and construction of 9 self-contained residential units

    118 Lichfield Road Southtown GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0AB NR31 0AB

    Received 17 Aug 2017
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1126/F

    Kitchen extension to bungalow

    5 Meadow Close Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HD

    Received 23 Nov 2004
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0098/F

    Variation of condition 10 of 06/18/0533/F - Amendment to fencing and boundary treatments details

    East Norfolk Sixth Form College Church Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7BQ

    Received 3 Feb 2021
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0771/F

    External alterations to existing retail warehouse Units D, E and E1 and external works to the entrance of Unit A

    Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0NL

    Received 10 Dec 2009
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0032/CU

    Change of use from guest house to single dwelling house *

    7 Kent Square Great Yarmouth NR30 2EX

    Received 11 Jan 2001
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0796/F

    Replacement of existing public telephone kiosk with kiosk combining public telephone service and ATM Service

    Atlantis Amusements (outside) Marine Parade Great Yarmouth NR30 2EW

    Received 12 Dec 2011
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0835/HH

    Erection of a single storey first floor extension over existing

    16 Pightle Close Bradwell NR31 8TT

    Received 18 Oct 2024
  12. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/15/0219/CD

    New function room with upstairs seating; 2 en-suite letting rooms in roof space of link between new function room and existing pub - Discharge of condition 6 re: PP: 06/14/0277/F

    Fishermans Return PH The Lane Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4BN

    Received 27 Apr 2015
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0090/F

    Replacement of flat roof to garage with pitched roof

    2 Primrose Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8RN

    Received 12 Feb 2015
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0470/F

    Ground and first floor extensions

    The Hollies 28 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JR

    Received 20 Jul 2009
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0719/F

    Proposed extension to existing post office to form separate coffee shop with cooking facilities and accessible toilet

    Garden Centre, Post Office Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3AJ

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  16. Accept Amend Notice06/19/0215/NMA

    Non-material amendment of PP: 06/16/0295/F - Changes to the window positions and the addition of one new window on plot 5 only

    Kingslivere 79 Common Road Hemsby NR29 4NA

    Received 15 Apr 2019
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0791/F

    Renewal of pp 06/06/0440/F to modify occupancy Condition No 2 of pp 06/01/0075/F to include holiday use/letting

    Oddfellows Hall 26 Black Street Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN NR29 4PN

    Received 4 Sept 2007
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0673/F

    Extension to existing warehouse

    AW Plant Services Eurocentre North River Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1TE

    Received 27 Nov 2018
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0648/F

    Private car parking space on east side of Cliff Hill +

    37 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DQ

    Received 7 Jul 2003
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0485/F

    Refurbishment of the existing indoor swimming pool. Raise section of roof and relocate existing internal plant room externally

    Wild Duck Caravan Park Howards Common Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9NE

    Received 22 Jul 2016
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0703/O

    New residential development of 130 dwellings

    Meadowland Drive (land south of ) Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 18 Dec 2013
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0238/F

    Demolition of existing single storey side extension and erection of a two storey side extension

    48 Jasmine Gardens Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HU

    Received 25 Apr 2011
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0111/CU

    Change of use A3 to A4 use

    37 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PN

    Received 6 Mar 2020
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0885/F

    New bdg for sale/display of gdn centre products & cont'd use of eastern area as open storage & overflow car park +

    Southview Garden/Aqua Centre Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9EU

    Received 13 Nov 2001

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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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