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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

EST/LAW USE CER.06/23/0379/PU
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed development - change garage roof from flat roof to tiled pitched roof
2 Bure Close Great Yarmouth NR30 1QU
Received 4 May 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0483/F
Retrospective Application - Proposed addition of wooden carport 5m x 3.6m in front of existing garage to rear
60 High Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0PB
Received 3 Jun 2021
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/08/0857/F
Alterations and extensions to roof to form 2 bedrooms
29 Elmhurst Close Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6ST
Received 27 Nov 2008
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0101/CD
Discharge of Condition 15 of pp 06/21/0638/F (Development of 10no. flats) - Details of proposed Water Efficiency Measures.
Former Suspension Bridge Tavern Sidegate Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1JU
Received 6 Feb 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0899/HH
Proposed ground floor alterations and first floor rear and side extension
12 Beechwood Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LP
Received 5 Dec 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0429/F
GIS
Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth (former Yartoft Building)
Received 10 Jun 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0712/F
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 06/20/0325/F (change of use of agricultural land to residential with erection of stables/storage building) to propose change of size and design of building
7 Blanks Close Hall Road Mautby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JF
Received 19 Aug 2021
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/94/0592/F
New bay window to front of house (amended design) +
10 Allendale Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5ES
Received 7 Jul 1994
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0079/F
Garage to replace existing asbestos garage
14 Clay Road Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 31 Jan 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0563/F
GIS
Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth NR30 0ER
Received 23 Jul 1996
REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/97/0399/CU
GIS
Land opposite The Grange Old Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 14 May 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0191/F
Conservatory *
12 Station Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 7 Mar 2003
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/13/0523/F
Proposed extensions and alterations
47 California Crescent Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3QP
Received 3 Sept 2013
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0709/F
Rebuilding kitchen wing *
82 North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1JF
Received 13 Sept 2001
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0011/F
GIS
Wild Duck Holiday Park Station Road Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 9 Jan 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1052/F
First floor extension to
North Denes Heliport Yarmouth Road West Caister Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Dec 1994
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/04/0730/O
Erection of two two-storey three-bedroomed houses
Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth (land adj Oldfield) NR29 3RY
Received 30 Jul 2004
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/21/0401/CU
Proposed change of use of ground floor public house and conversion into no.2 self contained flats
72 O'Gradys Public House Howard Street South GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1LN
Received 7 May 2021
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/26/0300/CD
Discharge of Condition 3 of pp. 06/25/0804/F (Details of Acoustic Screen) - Installation of 4 x ground-mounted air source heat pumps (ASHPs) accommodated within an acoustic enclosure adjacent to the northwest school boundary.)
Flegg High Ormiston Academy Somerton Road Martham NR29 4QD
Received 17 Apr 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0864/F
GIS
22 Marguerite Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 15 Nov 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0758/F
GIS
1 Springfield Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 16 Sept 1997
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0315/BF
Hipped Edwardian conservatory
Marsh Farm House New Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HT
Received 1 Apr 2004
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0381/F
New shop front
12A Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 17 Jun 2010
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/17/0683/CU
Change of use from residential to HMO
17 Havelock Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3HQ
Received 1 Nov 2017

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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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