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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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0689/F
Demolish and rebuild entrance porch *
Bradgate Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Aug 2002
LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0155/LB
Conversion of disused store into one residential dwelling
11 Broad Row (Rear of) GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HT
Received 10 Mar 2015
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0127/F
Demolish existing conservatory and replace with garden room
1 Jex Way Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9TX
Received 1 Mar 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0071/F
Rem cond 2 of pp restricting occup'n by owner/person within employment of owner/immediate family of that person *
The Old Court House Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HG
Received 29 Jan 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0423/F
Conversion of existing second and third floor offices into three flats
27 Hall Plain Great Yarmouth
Received 1 Jun 2005
NO OBJECTION06/12/0007/SU
Installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the fire station building
Fire Station Friars Lane Great Yarmouth NR30 2RP
Received 10 Jan 2012
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1003/F
Demolition of existing garage and erection of new detached garage *
30 Filby Lane Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3JR
Received 18 Nov 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0020/O
GIS *
Mayne rear of Station Road South Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Jan 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0815/F
Change of use of disused grain silos to sleeping pods for seasonal workers and the construction of timber balcony area
Mill Farm 68 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LE
Received 22 Dec 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0175/F
GIS
16 Gonville Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Mar 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0819/F
Proposed change of position of the detached double garage (as approved as part of application pp.06/20/0291/F)
27 Station Road (land north of) Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NH
Received 24 Sept 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0033/F
Erection of business development centre
The Alchemy Centre Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 9 Jan 2007
WITHDRAWN06/95/0922/F
New improved car park with improved access to an existing car parking area
Yarmouth Road West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Nov 1995
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0071/F
Granny annexe and car port at side of bungalow
Elmhurst St Michaels Close Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LJ
Received 27 Jan 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0053/F
Lounge and kitchen extension
Gracelands Crosstead Great Yarmouth
Received 24 Jan 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0715/F
Proposed extension to provide a new engraving machine shop
Admiralty Road Monument Ind. Estate Great Yarmouth NR30 3PU
Received 28 Nov 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0647/F
GIS
3 Victoria Place Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Aug 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1171/F
Rebuild kitchen and store to form new kitchen
3 The Old Rectory Heath Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5HJ
Received 18 Dec 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0596/TRE
T1- Oak - Fell due to poor quality, heavy crown reduction or pollard to leave as habitat stump
Sycamore Lodge Somerton Road Winterton-on-sea Norfolk NR29 4AW
Received 15 Jul 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0586/F
Two-storey BI office development
Unit A Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 26 Jul 2005
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0906/F
GIS
6 Jubilee Terrace Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 5 Nov 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0055/F
Single storey detached garage *
Upper Warren Lodge Beccles Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AB
Received 23 Jan 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0034/SU
GIS
Plot 2 Tower Road Repps Great Yarmouth
Received 18 Jan 1999
ADV. REFUSAL (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/01/0539/A
Two 48-sheet (20' x 10') poster panels +
Amec plc Beccles Road/Malthouse Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 13 Jul 2001

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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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