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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 · 23,809 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,925 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0436/F

    Dormer roof to rear of property

    27 Larch Drive Bradwell Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 12 May 2006
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0526/F

    Demolition of timber garage and outbuildings and erection of double garage and workshop

    Timberscombe Herringfleet Road St Olaves GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HJ

    Received 11 Aug 2016
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0191/HH

    Single storey rear extension with conservatory; Rendering over all existing elevations.

    30 West Road Caister NR30 5AX

    Received 18 Mar 2025
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0450/F

    Front wall and gates

    Paddock House Warren Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6JT

    Received 16 May 2007
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0236/F

    Application for proposed removal of old electric room heaters and replacing with radiators and gas condensing boiler under the ECO 3 Scheme. Flue will be installed on the side of the property

    42a King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PN

    Received 14 Feb 2022
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0135/F

    Single storey rear extension

    4 West Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Feb 1995
  7. WITHDRAWN06/25/0903/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4 of pp 06/24/0972/F (Change of use and conversion of the public house (sui generis use) into a mixed-use premises (sui generis) comprising restaurant and public house uses at ground floor, and two 1- and 2-bedroom independent and self-contained holiday let units at first floor, and retained public house use at basement level); Submission of Biodiversity Net Gain Plan and Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan of the amended scheme proposed in submitted planning application 06/25/0833/VCF

    The Iron Duke Public House North Drive Great Yarmouth NR30 4HF

    Received 27 Oct 2025
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0514/F

    Variation of Condition 3 for pp 06/05/0582/F (Floodlighting to synthetic sports pitch)(Approved on appeal); 1. Reduce height of lighting poles from 15m to 10m; 2. Replace bulbs with energy efficient LED bulbs; 3. Add shielding around lights.

    Lynn Grove Academy Lynn Grove Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AP

    Received 6 Oct 2020
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0826/F

    Proposed rear extension to extend amusement arcade. Change of use of existing clubhouse to storage in connection with the amusement arcade and provision of second adult gaming area

    Stardust Amusement Arcade Warren Road Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9BN

    Received 6 Sept 2021
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0339/F

    Two-storey extension to end elevation *

    37 Bridge Meadow Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 May 2001
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0852/F

    Conversion of private dwelling into two private residential dwellings +

    82 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4LW

    Received 26 Sept 2002
  12. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/10/0542/LB

    Internal shop fitting to form travel agents; shop front to be painted white

    20 Market Place Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1LY

    Received 6 Sept 2010
  13. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0250/O

    Demolition of garage to 47 Queensway,constrution of new private gravelled driveway serving three proposed single storey bungalows each with single garage,construction of a pair of brick and tile single garages for 47 and 35 Queensway, Caister

    35 Queensway (Land to rear of) Caister-on-Sea Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Apr 2009
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0586/F

    Single storey extension

    Fernlea Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth NR29 3LN NR29 3LN

    Received 4 Sept 2009
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0681/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/94/0727/F for single storey industrial building

    North River Road Eurocentre Great Yarmouth Former Spencer Younge Eng Ltd

    Received 15 Aug 1995
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0107/F

    Front kitchen extension

    130 Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 5 Feb 2004
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0327/F

    Demolish existing shop & use of site as extension to existing amusement park. New fascia & public access to park

    Churches Shop Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Apr 1995
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0325/F

    Removal of condition 3 from planning permission no. 06/98/0754/F (no vehicular access to Exmouth Road)*

    41 Southgates Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 Apr 2001
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0328/F

    Single storey rear extension

    Myrtle Cottage Low Road Repps GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 5AH

    Received 18 Apr 2016
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0869/F

    GIS

    26 Regent Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2AF

    Received 29 Oct 1997
  21. APPROVED BY NCC06/08/0782/SU

    Proposed two external covered play areas

    Wroughton Infants School Beccles Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8AH

    Received 23 Oct 2008
  22. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/19/0614/F

    Erection of 1no. 2 bed dwelling

    High Street (land at) Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RT

    Received 30 Oct 2019
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0145/CU

    Temporary application (5 years) for change of use to training and education facility at Lime Kiln Walk and Bowling Green Walk (retaining the office use)

    Lime Kiln House Lime Kiln Walk North Quay Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Mar 2009
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0192/F

    Kitchen and lounge extension *

    9 Turner Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 9RF

    Received 8 Mar 2001

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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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