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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20,830 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/Reasons06/10/0088/F

    Extension to front elevation to form bedroom and en-suite

    49 Brooke Avenue Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 5QY

    Received 16 Feb 2010
  2. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/97/0404/LB

    GIS

    Church Farm Barn Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 May 1997
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0340/BF

    GIS

    Somerton Holmes Farm Somerton Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 May 1998
  4. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/00/0579/A

    Shop sign *

    5 Regent Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1RN

    Received 12 Jul 2000
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0770/F

    Two-storey extension +

    12 Mariners Park Close Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Aug 2002
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0927/TRE

    Proposed works to tree - T1 Ash (No.4 1996) - Fell to ground level

    Land opp 8 Barnard Crescent GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 4DR

    Received 27 Oct 2022
  7. LIST.BLD.REFUSE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0041/LB

    Conversion of former offices to six flats

    23/24 South Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2RG

    Received 25 Jan 2010
  8. WITHDRAWN06/05/0545/F

    Ren of pp 06/00/0529/F for temp general purpose single skin corrugated sheet steel work shed 18`x17`x12` to eaves

    Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth (open storage site)

    Received 14 Jul 2005
  9. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/99/0675/A

    GIS

    Burgh Castle Marina/Caravan Pk Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PZ

    Received 11 Aug 1999
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0696/F

    GIS

    25 Priory Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 1NQ

    Received 18 Aug 1997
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0062/F

    Single storey rear extension and internal alterations

    17 Burgh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BE

    Received 30 Jan 2019
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/0678/F

    Sculpture - 'standing herring' (approx 32m high)

    The Spending Beach River Yare off South Denes Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Aug 1999
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0821/F

    Single storey conservatory with clear triple polycarbonate roof *

    2 Dodd Close Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5PA

    Received 29 Oct 1996
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0523/F

    Removal of condition 3 of Planning Permission 06/96/0780/F - to allow first floor flat to be occupied seperately of ground floor retail shop.

    15 Baker Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6QT

    Received 28 Jul 2014
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0071/F

    Single storey front extension and two-storey rear extension +

    11 South Garden Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TL

    Received 1 Feb 2000
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0768/SU

    Demolish garage, refurbish car park, repave three rows and create memorial garden +

    27 South Quay Great Yarmouth (The Gap Site)

    Received 18 Aug 2003
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0258/F

    Proposed first floor rear extension, alterations and new garage.

    2 Sandy Lane Belton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 9LT

    Received 19 Jun 2020
  18. APPROVE06/21/0155/PAD

    Prior approval for change of use from disused shop unit to self contained 2 bedroom flat

    34 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6AZ

    Received 22 Feb 2021
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0888/F

    Loft conversion including dormer windows *

    42 Back Lane Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 Oct 2002
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0389/SU

    Continued use of compound with

    Second Avenue (north of) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 May 1997
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0533/F

    Erection of first floor rear extension

    63 Burnt Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PG

    Received 6 Sept 2012
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0950/F

    Conversion of former telephone exchange to offices (Class A2 and/or Class B1)*

    25/26 Hall Quay/19/20 Regent St Former BT Telephone Exchange/PO Great Yarmouth

    Received 23 Nov 2000
  23. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/24/0779/CD

    Discharge of condition 35 relating to 06/16/0391/SU (outline application for up to 231 residential units and full application for 56 residential units) - Condition 35 - Interim Travel Plan

    Site 25 Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Oct 2024
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0434/F

    Sub-division of Flat 102b to form additional flat *

    102b Lichfield Road Southtown Great Yarmouth

    Received 9 May 2003

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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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