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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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/94/0577/A

    Free-standing signs and shop signs

    Unit D Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth (Carpet City Warehouse)

    Received 5 Jul 1994
  2. NO OBJECTION06/18/0274/SU

    Provision of 14-bay four classbase and group room modular accommodation building for a period of two years. External works to include: ramp, steps, paths and associated works

    North Denes Primary School Jellicoe Road GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 4HF

    Received 16 May 2018
  3. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0238/CD

    Discharge of Condition 9 of pp 06/22/1027/F (Erection of 7no. dwellings) ; Submission of Land Contamination Assessment

    Land adj Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  4. APPROVED BY NCC06/98/0345/SU

    GIS

    Hopton First School Coast Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BT

    Received 8 May 1998
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0406/F

    Alterations to replace existing failed copper roof with new pitched roof incorporating new room(s) in roof space, including replacing flat roof over garage/ kitchen with new first floor 2 bedroom extension over flat roof and new pitched roof taken over to form one roof

    Copper Beeches 117 Caister Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4DL

    Received 18 Jun 2009
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0078/F

    Alterations and extension

    4 Peartree Avenue Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jan 1995
  7. CON. AREA. REFUSE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/94/1020/CC

    Demolition of existing storage

    Park Surgery Alexandra Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Dec 1994
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0023/F

    Reconstruction of existing main exit as main entrance and exit for security purposes *

    Coopers (Great Yarmouth) Ltd Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0NE

    Received 14 Jan 2002
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0371/F

    Pitched roof, single storey extension to lounge *

    13 Suffolk Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0QD

    Received 23 Apr 2002
  10. EST/LAW USE REF06/24/0266/PU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development for the removal of existing rear garden room and erection of new single storey rear extension

    68 California Crescent California Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QP

    Received 12 Apr 2024
  11. Not proceeded with06/24/0624/PU

    The proposal is a concrete structure built in a frame. No base is needed as it exists. No change is needed to the site, just the erection of a temporary construction

    41 Diana Way Caister NR30 5TP

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0702/F

    Reconfiguration of the drive thru lane, with the inclusion of a side by side ordering system, with a front bay and side extension. Construction of a remote corral and extension to patio area

    McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LZ

    Received 29 Nov 2013
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0850/BF

    Bedroom extension *

    Plot 48b Mindanao South Bank River Thurne Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Oct 1994
  14. DETAILS NOT REQ'D06/21/0520/PAD

    Prior approval application for proposed land excavation to create a pond 716.3 m3 to act as a nurse tank to hold extracted water used for irrigating farmland

    Home Broad Honeypot Lane East Somerton GREAT YARMOUTH (land north of)

    Received 22 Jun 2021
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0897/F

    GIS

    Kingfisher Close (off) Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Nov 1997
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0743/F

    Single storey extension

    1 St Clement Mews Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Aug 2004
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0516/HH

    Demolition of existing garage; Construction of a two-storey side extension.

    47 North Drive Great Yarmouth NR30 4EU

    Received 22 Jun 2026
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0517/F

    GIS

    Breydon House Crittens Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth (also known as Grist Mill)

    Received 25 Jun 1998
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0584/O

    GIS

    104 Regent Road (land at) Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jul 1997
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0479/F

    Extension to sun room & bedroom; demolish garage & rebuild new attached garage

    18 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3PU

    Received 25 Jul 2011
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0413/F

    Conservatory to rear

    54 Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PD

    Received 25 May 2005
  22. NO OBJECTION06/26/0654/TEL

    Notification of proposed installation of a 9m wooden pole oat 110 Beccles Road, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0PU.

    110 Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PU

    Received 15 Aug 2026
  23. Split decision Conditions/Reasons06/23/0412/CD

    Proposed discharge of conditions 3, 4 & 7of pp.06/21/0207/F: (Sub-division of garden to form three plots for two bungalows and detached house and garage) - Cond 3 Materials; Cond 4 Contamination Report, Cond 7 Provision of hedgehog gaps & bird boxes

    Branton House North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LR

    Received 23 May 2023
  24. APPROVED BY NCC06/09/0279/SU

    Erection of canopies outside reception and nursery classrooms to provide shade and shelter for youngest children whilst they play. There will be no change of use

    Caister Infant School Kingston Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5ET

    Received 29 Apr 2009

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