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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/08/0136/F

    Conversion of barn into a dwelling, relocation of main vehicle entrance and formation of paddock

    Old Barn Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Feb 2008
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0502/F

    Alterations to workshop units and adjoining land

    Harfreys Road (off) Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jun 1995
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0971/F

    GIS

    Plot 3 Church Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Nov 1997
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/1004/F

    Alterations to remove front door and convert garage into an office for personal use by the occupants of 1 Medeswell, Hemsby.

    1 Medeswell (Garage at the rear of) Hemsby NR29 4NU

    Received 29 Dec 2024
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0629/F

    Single storey rear extension and associated alterations

    5 Purslane Drive Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5BQ

    Received 20 Jul 2021
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0998/F

    Mobile catering trailer to be left in yard *

    Clovers Cuppas c/o Anglia Logistics Owen Road Harfreys Ind Est Great Yarmouth NR31 0NA

    Received 18 Dec 2000
  7. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/15/0160/A

    Two fascia signs

    14 Blackfriars Court Beacon Park Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7RQ

    Received 24 Mar 2015
  8. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/19/0031/A

    19 proposed signs

    Asda Vauxhall Station GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 1SF

    Received 22 Jan 2019
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0713/F

    Installation of automated teller machine *

    Spar Supermarket Unit 1 Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Sept 2001
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0740/F

    Proposed installation of a Kittiwake artificial nesting structure and associated works

    North Pier (mouth of River Yare) Great Yarmouth NR30 3QA

    Received 18 Aug 2022
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0243/F

    GIS

    Gt Yarmouth Sea Training Corps St Marys Lane Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Mar 1999
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0823/F

    White UPVC conservatory

    The Cottage Main Road Clippesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BQ

    Received 23 Dec 2011
  13. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0318/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3 & 4 of pp. 06/17/0355/F - Vehicular access and construction specification (from the property boundary to the rear channel edge of the carriageway); on site parking areas

    23 Colomb Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 8BT

    Received 20 Apr 2021
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0576/CU

    Change of use from A1 to A3

    80 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AH

    Received 21 Jun 2004
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0045/F

    Removal of condition 2 of planning permission 06/18/0345/CU - Noise risk assessment and mitigation measures

    46 Queens Road The Southern Hotel GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3JR

    Received 10 Feb 2020
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0957/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/95/0199/F for single storey extension to form wet play area

    Great Yarmouth & Waveney Contact Alpha Centre Alpha Road, Gorleston Great Yarmouth, NR31 0LG

    Received 2 Nov 2007
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0263/F

    Brick garage to existing bungalow

    72 South Market Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2BQ

    Received 7 May 2013
  18. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/97/0254/F

    GIS

    Old Ice House Riverside Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Apr 1997
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0073/F

    Conversion of 13 bed-sit units to 7 self contained flats and 1 self contained 3 bed house

    17-18 Middle Market Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 6 Feb 2009
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0331/F

    Installation of 3 antennae on side of water tower, 4 transmission dishes on top of tower and equipment cabinet *

    Caister Water Tower Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5YJ

    Received 11 Apr 2002
  21. Not proceeded with06/23/0417/TCA

    Proposed works to trees: T1- Oak 30% crown thin & clean out; T2 Prunus & T3 Greengage Crown/Clean out

    Birchwell House The Street Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4EU

    Received 26 May 2023
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0212/F

    Alterations and extensions *

    16 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DF

    Received 13 Mar 2003
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0077/F

    Proposed conversion of existing detached hay barn to form residential annexe accommodation (change of use)

    11 North Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3SA

    Received 10 Feb 2015
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0616/F

    Retrospective application tents and touring caravan site with new toilet and shower block

    Burgh Hall Holiday & Leisure Park Lords Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Sept 2009

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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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