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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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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.

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More application records

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0971/F
Two-storey extension to form sitting room, two bedrooms and shower room
Corner Croft Back Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BG
Received 11 Oct 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/1007/F
Sun lounge/conservatory
2 The Paddock Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Dec 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0834/F
Replacement roof for garage *
Tradewinds Fiskes Opening Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Oct 2000
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0312/BU
GIS
Mill Road Candle Maker & Model Centre Stokesby Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Apr 1998
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/0775/F
Retrospective application for erection of nine window canopies
Grange Hotel Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QG
Received 17 Aug 2004
PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0581/PDE
Proposed flat roof rear extension
Fairlawn Low Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5AH
Received 14 Sept 2017
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/11/0801/CD
Variation of condition 2 of PP: 06/96/0854/F to revise layout & details of holiday units -DOC 3 of 06/11/0210/F
Fairway Lakes Caldecott Hall Fritton Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Dec 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0664/F
Single Storey rear extension
51 Hamilton Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4LZ
Received 5 Oct 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0116/SU
Construction of roads and footpaths and sewers, together with setting out of individual plot boundaries
South Gorleston Development Area Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Phase 1B)
Received 9 Feb 2004
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0646/CU
GIS
South View Garden Centre Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NQ
Received 3 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0662/F
Removal of condition 5 of Planning Permission 06/19/0419/F - Proposed new cattle shed and an extension of an existing agricultural building to create an additional cattle shed
Paston Farm Mautby Lane Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JB
Received 20 Nov 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0754/F
Two-storey side extension to provide ground floor garage with two bedrooms and extended bathroom on first floor *
51 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3RQ
Received 1 Oct 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0658/F
New canopy to warehouse entrance, reclad south/west/ east elevations with profiled metal sheeting *
Strachans Ltd Admiralty Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3PU
Received 23 Jul 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1052/F
Change of use from builders workshop to residential garden area, and removal of workshop roof
56 Beach Road (Barn at the rear of) Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 15 Dec 2006
EST/LAW USE CER.06/06/0904/EU
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use for use of land for car boot sales
Land at Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 23 Oct 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0772/F
Standing of a caravan for residential use
The Manor Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Sept 1994
CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/15/0081/CD
Discharge condition 3 of PP: No's:06/14/0354/F & 06/14/0355/LB (Conversion to dwelling) re windows/door materials
18/19 Northgate Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1BA
Received 26 Feb 2015
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0519/F
Car sales at front and rear of site, portacabin, valet shed and customer parking
Hopton Service Station Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Jul 2005
WITHDRAWN06/20/0015/F
External alterations to shop front
3-7 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH NORFOLK NR30 2BB
Received 15 Jan 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0079/F
Alterations to dwelling
103 Anson Road Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Jan 1995
NO OBJECTION06/23/0595/TPO
5 Day Notice - works to storm damager Sycamore Tree (T1 TPO No 2 2000)
2a Halt Road Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5NZ
Received 18 Aug 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0082/CU
Change of use maximum 4 rooms bed and breakfast
South House Main Road Clippesby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BQ
Received 10 Feb 2017
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/04/0117/F
Two-storey side extension
36 Clover Way Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 10 Feb 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0623/F
Provision of new shower room, bedroom and kitchen
3 Council House Somerton Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AW
Received 20 Aug 2008

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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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