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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0140/F

    Removal of condition no 2 of planning permission no 6/88/1462/CU

    35 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Feb 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0911/F

    Five detached houses with double garages and associated works +

    Westacre Nurseries Old Coast Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QH

    Received 4 Nov 1999
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/20/0174/CU

    Conversion of 2 No. flats to 6 bedroom HMO.

    49 Crown Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JQ

    Received 17 Apr 2020
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0245/F

    GIS

    Camplings Laundry Portland Lane Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Mar 1997
  5. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0015/A

    Six new signs

    1 Market Gates The Feathers GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2BG

    Received 8 Jan 2016
  6. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0268/A

    1 no internally-illuminated free standing totem sign to replace existing flagpole sign

    Lidl Norwich Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5JL

    Received 21 Mar 2016
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0333/BF

    GIS

    Herons Acre Priory Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9HQ

    Received 6 May 1998
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0734/F

    Variation of condition 4 of planning permission no. 06/86/0476/F to allow one bungalow to be used to provide security/caretaker accommodation for a period of 6 weeks from 13th January to 1st March in any year

    1-6 Laurels Bungalows St Thomas's Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JE NR29 4JE

    Received 20 Nov 2009
  9. CON FULLY DISCHARGED06/18/0429/CD

    Discharge of condition 4 of Listed Building Planning Permission 06/17/0604/LB - To affix two signs to the exterior of the building, either side of the western main entrance

    St Georges Theatre King Street GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2PG

    Received 20 Jul 2018
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0465/HH

    Proposed Single storey rear & side (wraparound) extension.

    51 Blake Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LT

    Received 23 Jun 2023
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0055/F

    Sub-division of garden plot and erection of 1no. three bedroomed dwelling

    48 Warren Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6JT

    Received 21 Jan 2021
  12. WITHDRAWN06/00/0560/A

    Two poster panels forming integral part of bus shelter *

    Middleton Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Between 23a & 23 Middleton Rd)

    Received 6 Jul 2000
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0149/F

    Ground and first floor extensions *

    3 Bately Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Feb 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0234/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/09/0369/F & 06/10/0080/F car parking and link roads and outdoor terrace and vehicle passenger set down

    Zest Function Suite Potters Leisure Resort Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BX

    Received 19 Apr 2012
  15. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/0666/BF

    Erection of security fence and gate at Plot 3 across access road *

    Riverside Park Moorings Priory Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Jul 2003
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0612/F

    Conservatory

    42 Station Road North Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9NJ NR31 9NJ

    Received 7 Jul 2006
  17. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0205/F

    GIS

    20 Marine Crescent Salisbury Resident'l Care Home Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Mar 1998
  18. WITHDRAWN06/10/0301/F

    Change of use from 12 room guest house to 3 flats

    19 Wellington Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AQ

    Received 20 May 2010
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0430/F

    Internal alterations and extension *

    23 Blackbird Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8RT

    Received 8 May 2003
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0686/F

    Rear extension to include new kitchen & bathroom, erection of new garage and pitched roofs to garages *

    5 Willow Way Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SH

    Received 21 Jul 2003
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0182/F

    Proposed rear kitchen, utility and cloakroom extension

    123 Church Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LW

    Received 26 Mar 2010
  22. WITHDRAWN06/03/0554/F

    Formation of three new flats and alterations to shop fronts *

    138/139 King Street Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Jun 2003
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0115/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No 6 2011) - T5 (Pine) - Fell due to risk to Highway Safety and replace with a Silver Birch

    Belmont House Winterton Road Hemsby NR29 4HH

    Received 22 Feb 2026
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0901/F

    Ch use/alts/exts to provide 8-bed hostel with 3-bed group home & house manager flat & 2 move-on flats

    Station House Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Oct 2002

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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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