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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
223Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,803 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,919 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/98/0766/F

    GIS

    15 St James Crescent Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JW

    Received 28 Sept 1998
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0812/CU

    Change of use to dwelling +

    Repps Post Office Stores Repps Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Sept 2003
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0639/TRE

    T1 - Ash - Remove to ground level T2 - Beech - Reduce lower half section of the crown by 4.2m T3 - Oak - Reduce side canopy by 2.5m T4 - Oak - Remove to ground level T5 - Beech - Lowest large limb removed and rest of canopy to be reduced by 3m T6 - Oak - Reduce crown by up to 4m G1 - Group - Conifer Tree Line - Reduce Conifer tree line by 50% and trim sides

    The Coach House Hopton Manor Hall Road HOPTON NR31 9AX

    Received 18 Jul 2022
  4. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/10/0392/F

    Proposed three bedroom chalet bungalow within the existing site

    1 Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4HJ NR29 4HJ

    Received 29 Jun 2010
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0795/F

    Single storey extension and new garage with bedroom over

    12 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SA

    Received 12 Dec 2011
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0644/F

    Two-storey extension for additional bedroom and living area and replacement porch/ utility room *

    Rose Cottage Doles Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9DZ

    Received 18 Jul 2002
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0062/F

    Single storey front and rear extensions

    39 Mariners Compass Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6TS

    Received 29 Jan 2018
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0125/F

    Rear extension to increase size of dining area

    11 Helen Avenue Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4TF

    Received 1 Mar 2019
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0087/F

    GIS

    1 Marine Parade Hotel Elizabeth Great Yarmouth (formerly New Cavendish Hotel)

    Received 2 Feb 1999
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0155/F

    Two storey rear extension. Demolition of substandard store and erection of new store

    247 Beccles Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8DA NR31 8DA

    Received 14 Mar 2017
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0744/F

    Enlargement of front dormer to form enlarged bedroom and new w.c.

    70 Westerley Way Caister-on-Sea Norfolk NR30 5AP

    Received 25 Nov 2015
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0804/BF

    House and garage

    Woodside Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 21 Sept 1994
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0496/F

    Rebuild and extend rear buildings to form class IV and VII M.O.T. unit +

    2 Yarmouth Road Williams Garage Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5AA

    Received 19 Jun 2000
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0352/F

    Erection of four industrial units with ancillary storage yards and car parking facilities

    Harfreys Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0LS

    Received 17 Jun 2013
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/1010/F

    Proposal to replace the current wall and 7ft hedging with a 2m tall wooden close-board fence.

    Marlborough 2 Beach Drive Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NP

    Received 8 Dec 2021
  16. EST/LAW USE CER.06/15/0571/EU

    Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as residential (for six people sharing a kitchen/bathroom/living room)

    66 Black Street Martham Norfolk NR29 4PR

    Received 28 Aug 2015
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0520/F

    Change of use from hotel to residential home

    4/5 Marine Parade St Edmunds Hotel Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jun 1995
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0079/F

    Proposed 6 no residential dwellings with garages at land to rear of 156 Burgh Road. New double garage at 156 Burgh Road.

    156 Burgh Road (Land to rear of) Gorleston (Part Parish of Bradwell) Great Yarmouth NR31 8AX

    Received 8 Feb 2012
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0053/CU

    Conversion of guest house into a single dwelling house *

    20 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Jan 2001
  20. EST/LAW USE REF06/98/0886/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as carpenters workshop with storage facility

    68/70 Yarmouth Road (rear of) Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5BT

    Received 9 Nov 1998
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0806/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    44 Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9BH

    Received 22 Dec 2011
  22. EST/LAW USE CER.06/25/0899/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development to confirm that it was permitted development to demolish a single-storey link corridor between two school blocks and thereafter install a new, single-storey modular building to function as a link corridor between the two school blocks.

    Caister Academy Windsor Road Caister-on-sea NR30 5LS

    Received 27 Oct 2025
  23. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0016/F

    Side and rear extension; raise roof height to provide rooms in the roof; reposition sectional garage

    4 Holly Avenue Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8NN

    Received 10 Jan 2019
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0317/F

    Single storey extension to existing bungalow

    19 Cloverland Drive Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Apr 2005

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