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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
29,577Searchable applications
231Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,675 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. EST/LAW USE CER.06/06/0319/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as a residential dwelling

    Grove Farm Bungalow Tower Road Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5JN

    Received 30 Mar 2006
  2. WITHDRAWN06/21/0180/F

    Conversion of existing stable outbuilding to form self- contained annexe for elderly relative

    Fernlea Main Road Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LN

    Received 1 Mar 2021
  3. EST/LAW USE CER.06/08/0649/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of ground floor as a Chinese Takeaway

    54 Deneside Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2HL

    Received 2 Sept 2008
  4. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/13/0490/F

    Retrospective application for 4m high lighting posts

    Decoy Tavern Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AB

    Received 16 Aug 2013
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0656/CU

    Change of use - to allow part of the domestic garage to be used to store garden bird seed, in conection with a small home delivery business

    33 Thurne Rise Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PU

    Received 8 Oct 2009
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0068/F

    Proposed single storey front extension; Changes to facade, proposed single storey side extension; Conversion of garage to provide accommodation; Proposed two storey rear extension, and associated demolition works and landscaping

    Field View North Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4LR

    Received 25 Jan 2021
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0441/F

    Side infill extension to link garage to house. Re-roof garage to form accommodation in roofspace

    26 Blake Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9GW

    Received 5 Jul 2012
  8. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/23/0053/CD

    Discharge of condition 7 of pp. 06/22/0572/VCF - Floodlights Use Management Plan

    Lynn Grove V.A. High School Lynn Grove Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AP

    Received 24 Jan 2023
  9. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/09/0317/LB

    Convert former Art College to eighteen flats (seven two-bedroomed and eleven one-bedroomed);new window and door openings;extensions and alterations

    The College of Art & Design (Former) Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2GL

    Received 12 May 2009
  10. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0567/A

    Two poster panels forming integral part of bus shelter *

    North Drive Great Yarmouth (approx 10m south of & opp Marine Crescent)

    Received 6 Jul 2000
  11. APPROVED BY NCC06/07/0252/SU

    Extension to form nurture room and lobby

    Stradbroke Primary School Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 12 Mar 2007
  12. APPROVED BY NCC06/06/0188/SU

    Change of use from agricultural land to school playing fields

    Flegg High School Somerton Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QD NR29 4QD

    Received 20 Feb 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0785/F

    Proposed subdivision of garden to form new attached dwelling

    9 Lovewell Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6LG

    Received 3 Dec 2014
  14. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0896/LB

    GIS

    85-87 Regent Road Top Rank Ltd Great Yarmouth NR30 3AH NR30 3AH

    Received 27 Nov 1996
  15. WITHDRAWN06/07/0068/F

    Change of use to replace existing static caravans with four mobile residential units with full 12 month occupation

    Breydon Water Holiday (Part Yare Village) Butt Lane, Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 23 Jan 2007
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0117/F

    Proposed alterations and extensions to existing dwelling and construction of new garage

    158 Burgh Road Boundary House Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AX

    Received 9 Mar 2020
  17. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0392/CD

    Discharge of Condition 2 of pp 06/23/0638/VCF (Conversion of three barns into 3 no - 5 bedroom dwellings with associated works) - Submission of Verification Report

    Burghwell Lodge Market Road Burgh Castle NR31 9EN

    Received 14 May 2025
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0954/F

    GIS

    Plot Adjacent High View Stepshort/Farman Close Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Dec 1998
  19. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/08/0849/LB

    Repairs, renovations and alterations to form one additional residential unit

    131 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 20 Nov 2008
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0764/CU

    Change of use from guest house to single dwelling house

    6 Paget Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Sept 1998
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0399/CU

    GIS

    13 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 11 May 1999
  22. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/21/0763/LB

    Proposed new studwork partitions with fire doors, alterations to existing staircase, replacement of door with a new fire door

    Priory Day Nursery Priory Plain GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1NH

    Received 31 Aug 2021
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0424/F

    Single storey flat roof rear extension

    Valentine Cottage Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS

    Received 8 Jul 2013
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0926/F

    Proposed replacement of flat roofs with pitched and forming new bathroom

    14 Warren Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JT (Parish of Hopton)

    Received 26 Oct 2007

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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.

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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