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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
237Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,673 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,789 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/02/0606/F

    Demolition of Hales House and construction of five detached houses with garages, and associated site works +

    Hales House King Street Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AT

    Received 4 Jul 2002
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1036/F

    Single storey rear extension +

    8 Beeleigh Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Nov 2002
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0331/F

    Proposed erection of new brick chimney stack to contain extract system for existing kitchen

    Planet Spice Restaurant 2 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JR

    Received 17 May 2012
  4. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/19/0433/DM

    Prior notification of demolition of six buildings

    Buildings at ASCO Gas House Quay Facility and Bollards Quay Southtown Road/Beccles Road GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 31 Jul 2019
  5. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0381/CD

    Discharge of condition 13 of application 06/21/0796/F: (Demolition of school buildings and erection of 5no dwellings - Details of Electric chargers

    Former Edward Worlledge School Lichfield Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED

    Received 10 May 2024
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0354/F

    Siting of caravan to provide temporary accommodation during building of bungalow *

    Whitethorn Lodge Town Road Burgh St Margaret Great Yarmouth (r/o Whitethorn Farm) (Fleggburgh Parish) NR29 3AB

    Received 14 Apr 2003
  7. OBJECTION06/26/0529/TCA

    Works to trees in a Conservation Area: T1 (Ash) - Fell due to signs of 'Ash die back' disease.

    1 The Street West Somerton Great Yarmouth NR29 4EA

    Received 26 Jun 2026
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0889/F

    Alterations to form two residential flats

    Britannia House 16 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 14 Nov 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0686/F

    GIS

    Buxted Foods Ltd Hewett Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NN

    Received 13 Aug 1997
  10. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/10/0123/F

    Demolition of existing sub-standard chalet and construction of new chalet bungalow with integral garage

    40 California Crescent California Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3QP

    Received 26 Feb 2010
  11. APPROVE06/12/0418/CD

    Discharge of condition No:s 3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,& 12 of pp 06/11/0777/F. Revised site layout to inc 2 add residential units

    Yarmouth Road (Former Esso Filling Station) Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 18 Jun 2012
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0560/F

    Proposed alterations to shop fronts *

    80, 81 and 82 Regent Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Jul 1996
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0865/F

    Extension to chalet bungalow

    The Conifers Thrigby Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HJ

    Received 6 Sept 2004
  14. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0799/A

    GIS

    Rainbow Store Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Sept 1999
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0592/CU

    GIS

    34 Regent Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1RR

    Received 5 Aug 1996
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0201/F

    Proposed demolition of existing bungalow and erection of a new chalet bungalow with car parking spaces

    23 Claydon Grove Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8AT

    Received 12 Mar 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0094/F

    Extensions and new garage

    'Gemini' Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU

    Received 5 Feb 2008
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0224/F

    Proposed 2 storey side extension and detached double garage

    Oakhill Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QD

    Received 17 Apr 2012
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0007/BF

    Alterations and extensions

    80 Riverside White Rose Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Jan 2005
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/96/0687/A

    One Carpetright flex faced box sign +

    Carpetright Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Sept 1996
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0894/F

    GIS

    1 Station Road Recovery for Mentally Ill Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Nov 1998
  22. Not proceeded with06/22/0118/TEL

    Removal of 3 existing H3G and EE antennae at 15m from rooftop. Replace with installation of 3 new H3G antennae at 15m and 3 new H3G antennae at 15.65m fixed to new CHS antennae support poles of the existing rooftop antenna support pole on freestanding frames. Installation of 1 GPS module at 3m fixed to gantry pole. Installation of 1 H3G and EE RBS 6130 equipment cabinet on new concrete plinth and ancillary works.

    Ferry House South Denes Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3PQ

    Received 26 Jan 2022
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0041/F

    Erection of 1500 tonne potato store +

    Charity Farm Thrigby Great Yarmouth NR29 3DS

    Received 21 Jan 2000
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0899/F

    GIS

    21 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Nov 1997

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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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