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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20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/04/0511/BF

    Laying of crushed concrete to surface grass allowing access from Staithe Road to new mobile home

    Marsh Cottage Staithe Road Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5JU

    Received 3 Jun 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0668/O

    Building plot

    50 Station Road North (adja) Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Aug 1995
  3. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/97/0771/A

    GIS

    Palmers Store Thomas Cook Market Place Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Sept 1997
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0284/A

    GIS

    China Boy (formerly Curry Hut) The Crescent Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Apr 1999
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0327/CU

    Change of use to car rental

    Units 4/5 Cooke House Brinell Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LU

    Received 31 Mar 2006
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0119/F

    Proposed rear, side and front extensions

    66 Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QT

    Received 16 Feb 2016
  7. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0778/CD

    Discharge of condition 31 relating to 06/16/0391/SU (outline application for up to 231 residential units and full application for 56 residential units) - Condition 31 - Details of roads, footways, cycleways, drainage, visibility splays, parking & turning areas

    Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Oct 2024
  8. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/09/0607/A

    Four internally illuminated flexface signs (only text illuminate) two non illuminated applied vinyl letters to existing letters

    58 Market Place Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1NX NR30 1NX

    Received 17 Sept 2009
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0442/F

    GIS

    Whynot King Street Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Jun 1996
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0054/F

    Installation of arrivals lodge with associated infrastructure and ancillary landscaping works

    Caister Holiday Park Ormesby Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NQ

    Received 21 Jan 2021
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0538/HH

    Single storey rear extension, single storey side extension and porch to front

    5 Pipistrelle Close Great Yarmouth Fleggburgh NR29 3FF

    Received 30 Jun 2026
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0652/F

    Change of use from existing workshop and new first floor to form 1-bed house

    29 Hall Plain (Rear of) Row 71 GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2QD

    Received 13 Oct 2017
  13. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/02/1010/D

    Residential development of three detached bungalows *

    Back Lane Rollesby Great Yarmouth (adj Romany Close)

    Received 21 Nov 2002
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0533/F

    Installation of two UPVC windows to first floor front elevation

    Unit 9D Global House Harfreys Road Harfreys Ind.Est Great Yarmouth NR31 0LS

    Received 31 Jul 2014
  15. WITHDRAWN06/21/0104/F

    Variation of condition 2 of 6/20/0308/F - Amendment to design - addition of solar panels an minor alterations to layout

    Knightly Manor Barn Ferrygate Lane Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QJ

    Received 4 Feb 2021
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0481/F

    Render brickwork to penguin enclosure

    Sealife Centre Marine Parade GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 3AH

    Received 15 Jun 2021
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0727/F

    Single storey industrial building

    North River Road Eurocentre Great Yarmouth (former Spencer Younge Eng Ltd)

    Received 22 Aug 1994
  18. APPROVED BY NCC06/02/0033/SU

    Provision of four cctv cameras and columns *

    Peterhouse First/Middle School Peterhouse Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Jan 2002
  19. Split decision Conditions/Reasons06/23/0210/CD

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4 and 5 of pp. 06/23/0147/LB - ground investigation report, details of wall repair and strategy details regards the protection of the listed garden wall.

    Burnley Hall Estate Dark Lane East Somerton Somerton NR29 4DZ

    Received 17 Mar 2023
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0446/CU

    Change of use from workshop & warehouse (B8) to workshops & studios for the design & manufacture of scenic artistry, props & scenery

    33 Malthouse Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0HL

    Received 21 Jul 2010
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0161/F

    Alterations & extension to garage

    7 Norwich Road Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5JW

    Received 17 Mar 2010
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0859/HH

    Single storey rear extension and re-roof of existing side extension.

    9 Westerley Close Caister-on-sea NR30 5AL

    Received 16 Oct 2025
  23. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/98/0884/A

    GIS

    Focus DIY Gapton Hall Retail Park Gapton Hall Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0NI

    Received 6 Nov 1998
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0760/F

    Single storey side extension and conservatory to rear

    11 Long Beach Estate Winterton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 13 Oct 2008

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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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