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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 · 23,672 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,788 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/21/0640/F

    Proposed single storey flat roofed side extension to east elevation

    8 Miriam Close Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5PH

    Received 25 Jul 2021
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0356/F

    GIS

    131 The Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 May 1998
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0796/F

    Renewal of planning permission consent 06/11/0757/F. Provision of new portacabin for office accommodation together with a link structure and internal office improvements

    Centre 81 Tar Works Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1QR

    Received 19 Dec 2016
  4. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0593/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4; Details of Surface Water Drainage Scheme; of pp 06/25/0853/F (Refurbishment and enhancement of recreation activities area, extension to facilities building, alterations to swimming complex entrance area).

    Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton-on-sea NR31 9BW

    Received 27 Jul 2026
  5. NO OBJECTION06/22/1028/TEL

    Propose installation of 3 no. replacement antennas. Internal updates to cabinets within compound. Ancillary development thereto.

    Baker Oil Tools Eurocentre North River Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1TE

    Received 16 Nov 2022
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0560/F

    Conversion of garage to granny annexe

    Main Road The Poplars Rollesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5EH

    Received 25 Aug 2015
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0992/SU

    Environmental improvements, boundary walls/railings/new paving/parking/tree planting etc.

    Dorset Close Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Dec 1995
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0324/F

    Ground floor extension, extension to roof and roof conversion - Amendment to previously approved application 06/10/0156/F

    Meadow Lea St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NS

    Received 2 Jun 2010
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0686/CU

    Change of use from public house to 1 bedroom house

    Row 71 (Ruths Wine Bar) GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2QD

    Received 17 Oct 2016
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0402/F

    GIS

    Sixty Six North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1HE

    Received 27 May 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0041/F

    Erection of a plant enclosure building to house bulk containers of material manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.

    Aeropak Chemical Products Ltd Viking Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NU

    Received 17 Jan 2024
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0532/F

    Proposed open barn style building for testing oilfield equipment

    Hydra Rig Boundary Road Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jul 2008
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0013/F

    Change of use and improvements of existing cafe to residential

    7 Pier Gardens Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BU

    Received 21 Jan 2020
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0479/F

    Dormer window *

    27 Heather Avenue Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Jun 1994
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0355/F

    Conservatory to rear

    Plot 15 Mariners Lea Gorleston Great Yarmouth (known as 23 Paget Crescent)

    Received 15 Apr 2004
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0983/F

    Single storey side extension

    Rectory House Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RA NR29 4RA

    Received 23 Nov 2006
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0080/O

    One single storey dwelling

    6/10 Elmhurst Close (rear of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Feb 1998
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0430/F

    Erection of single storey side and rear extension

    7 St Clement Mews Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SZ

    Received 18 Jul 2013
  19. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/96/0887/BA

    GIS

    Shell Jubilee Caister Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4DL NR30 4DL

    Received 27 Nov 1996
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0640/F

    Installation of a single-storey portakabin for office use - will be linked to existing offices

    Aeropak Chemical Products Ltd Viking Road (Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth NR31 0NU

    Received 22 Oct 2012
  21. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/11/0641/F

    Proposed alterations, extensions and roof conversion of existing detached bungalow

    Redcliff, Bush Road Winterton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 4BY

    Received 27 Sept 2011
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1072/CU

    Change of use of ground floor for childminding +

    30 Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NJ

    Received 11 Dec 2002
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0370/BF

    Single storey extension and

    Deepwell Cottage Horsey Road West Somerton Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Apr 1995
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0209/F

    Rear extension at ground and first floor

    97 Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 9PT

    Received 17 Mar 2005

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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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