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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
225Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,708 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,824 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0555/CU

    Change of use from A1 (Retail) to A3 (Restaurant use) and A5 (Hot food takeaway)

    Unit 24 Market Gates Shopping Centre Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 2BT

    Received 11 Sept 2013
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0173/F

    Extension to front to form dining room

    The Swallows Barn Lane Runham Great Yarmouth NR29 3EF

    Received 7 Mar 2005
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0896/F

    Proposed detached two storey dwelling and associated off road parking facilities

    1 Rosedale Gardens (land adjacent) Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9PL NR31 9PL

    Received 16 Oct 2007
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0624/F

    Extension to kitchen *

    228 Brasenose Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Aug 2001
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0750/F

    Erection of new stable block

    Hemsby Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Aug 2002
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0191/F

    Erection of 1st floor restaurant extension (A3) to existing restaurant and takeaway; the installation of A/C condensers

    114A Regent Road Taco Bell GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2AB

    Received 1 Apr 2019
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0814/F

    Erection of single storey front extension

    50 Black Street Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PN

    Received 28 Nov 2014
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0920/TRE

    Proposed works to tree - T1 - Sycamore (No.1 1994) - Reduce lateral branches impacting neighbouring property by 2m; crown lift

    5 Gablehurst Court Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7DS

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0235/F

    Proposed bedroom extension

    25 Park View Avenue Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5DZ

    Received 19 Mar 2008
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0390/F

    Porch and cloakroom

    32 Chaucer Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4EZ

    Received 27 May 2016
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/95/0465/O

    Conversion of building incl. construction of a first floor storey to form eight single bedroom apartments

    11 St Peters Plain, Index Stationery/Office Equip, Great Yarmouth.

    Received 23 May 1995
  12. WITHDRAWN06/19/0202/O

    Construction of a single dwelling

    Black Barn Front Road West Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5SU

    Received 1 Apr 2019
  13. WITHDRAWN06/06/0032/CC

    Change of use & conversion "NO CONSENT REQUIRED"

    151 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 9 Jan 2006
  14. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0081/A

    Metal sign on post and metal sign fixed to wall

    North Caister Medical Centre 12 Branford Road Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5NE

    Received 19 Jan 2016
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0203/CU

    GIS

    41 Clarence Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DS

    Received 9 Mar 1999
  16. EST/LAW USE CER.06/04/0351/EU

    Installation of internal mezzanine floor to provide additional floor space

    Tesco Store Pasteur Road Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Apr 2004
  17. WITHDRAWN06/09/0091/F

    Conversion of former light industrial engineering & storage building to unit of residential accommodation

    Mill Farm Barn Hemsby Road Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4AE

    Received 13 Feb 2009
  18. NO OBJECTION06/03/1173/SU

    Removal of overhead wires and construction of 33,000 volt terminal poles and stays along boundary of land

    West Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 18 Dec 2003
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0645/F

    New pedestrian access to site and new walkway across site

    Sainsburys Store St. Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 14 Jul 2006
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/1047/F

    Demolish existing conservatory & install new conservatory

    35 Dorothy Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 15 Dec 2006
  21. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0631/HH

    Proposed single storey front extension, opening up of front porch, balcony to front at first floor, alterations to elevations and conversion of garage to habitable use

    35 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DY

    Received 9 Aug 2026
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0945/F

    Canopy and walkway to east elevation; window in lieu of door to west elevation *

    Society Linen Blackwall Reach Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Oct 2002
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0697/F

    Conversion of existing kitchen and dining room to provide 5no. new hotel bedrooms with associated external alterations

    Cliff Hotel Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DH

    Received 7 Sept 2023
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0342/F

    Single storey extension to expand A & E department with a plant room area

    James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 6 Jun 2013

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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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