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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 · 23,714 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,830 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/12/0433/O

    Sub division of existing curtilege to allow the erection of a detached bungalow

    40 The Green (adjacent) Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PN

    Received 25 Jun 2012
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0996/F

    GIS

    3 Potters Drive Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Dec 1999
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0541/F

    Extension to end elevation to form lounge dining room upstairs gallery and conservatory

    52 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DQ

    Received 21 Jul 2008
  4. WITHDRAWN06/96/0210/F

    Ground and first floor extensions, brick skin and second access

    D'Arcy Cottage Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 14 Mar 1996
  5. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0172/M

    Prior notification of proposed demolition former International Tubular Services South Denes Road

    South Denes Road Former International Tubular Services Site Havenshore Base Sth GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3QD

    Received 17 Mar 2017
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0134/TRE

    Proposed works to tree protected by Tree Preservation Order (ref. TPO No.9 2021) - T2 - English oak - Quercus robur - Height - 19m - Crown spread 16m - Reduce tree by 1- 2m and cobra brace eastern stem to western stem. Remove major deadwood.

    Recreation Ground Lowestoft Road Hopton-on-Sea NR31 9AH

    Received 21 Feb 2024
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0802/F

    Change of use from shop/flat to three-bedroomed house; removal of shop front and provision of new facade *

    25/25a Tan Lane Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Sept 1999
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0669/F

    Conversion of residential unit to two self-contained flats, inc external staircase & passage way at ground floor

    34 Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 24 Jul 2006
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0820/F

    Erection of garage and conservatory to house under construction *

    4 Masquers Close Bridge Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Sept 2002
  10. WITHDRAWN06/23/0081/VCU

    Variation of condition 2 of pp. 06/22/0674/VCU - amendment of approved plans - changes to layout of ground and first floor from offices and store room to retail, sports clinic, beauty salon and print shop; minor changes to front elevation.

    Unit 6 Bessemer Way Harfreys Industrial Estate Great Yarmouth NR31 0LX

    Received 31 Jan 2023
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0245/O

    Outline permission for two 3 bed bunglows

    58 Hall Road Old Hall Farm Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4PD

    Received 7 May 2019
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0933/F

    GIS

    Albemarle Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Dec 1996
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0115/F

    Two-storey extension to side of dwelling *

    The Cottage Main Road Clippesby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BQ

    Received 8 Feb 2002
  14. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0371/CD

    Discharge of Condition 7 of pp 06/23/0507/F (Proposed construction of 65 affordable dwellings) ; Submission of Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation

    Land off Staithe Road Martham

    Received 14 May 2025
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0018/CU

    Convert living room to office

    62 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2PP

    Received 5 Jan 2012
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0320/HH

    Proposed single storey rear extension.

    56 Stradbroke Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7AQ

    Received 6 Apr 2022
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0646/F

    Proposed conservatory at rear

    29 Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7BW

    Received 30 Sept 2009
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0406/F

    Outdoor patio area, disabled toilet and facilities with internal alterations

    129 Mill Road The Lady Haven Public House Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 May 2006
  19. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0869/A

    Externally illuminated fascia signs, one to front elevation and one to each side elevation

    Co-op Pharmacy The Folly, 2 Cromer Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Dec 2008
  20. CON FULLY DISCHARGED Conditions/Reasons06/25/0953/CD

    Discharge of Condition 6 of pp 06/24/0185/F (Redevelopment of part of an existing golf course for the erection of 10no. 2-bedroom holiday accommodation chalets) ; Details of soft landscaping scheme

    Caldecott Hall Estate, Tingdene Caldecott Hall Country Park Beccles Road Fritton Fritton And St Olaves NR31 9EY

    Received 7 Nov 2025
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0598/CU

    GIS

    55 York Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 6 Aug 1996
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0003/CU

    Change of use to garden and erection of new boundary wall

    52 Almond Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8EN NR31 8EN

    Received 4 Jan 2017
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0179/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    23 Cobholm Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 0BU

    Received 26 Feb 2021
  24. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0237/A

    Illumination of existing shop fascia sign

    6-8 George Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1HF NR30 1HF

    Received 7 Mar 2007

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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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