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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 · 23,824 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,940 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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/Reasons06/08/0100/F

    Proposed detached bungalow and garage

    Adj. Sea View Bush Road Winterton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth NR29 4BY

    Received 6 Feb 2008
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0045/F

    Single storey bathroom extension *

    27 Noel Close Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9RT

    Received 17 Jan 2001
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0067/CU

    Change of use from shop to residential (for owner) *

    62/63 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6DG

    Received 31 Jan 2000
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0573/F

    Retrospective application for two stables

    Copperfields (Adj) Sidegate Road Hopton

    Received 22 Aug 2014
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0992/F

    New dwelling

    Burgh Castle Nurseries Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 21 Dec 2005
  6. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/05/0258/D

    Replacement of existing bungalow with new bungalow

    Rodorarth Fakes Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4JL

    Received 4 Apr 2005
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0341/BU

    Change of use to single residential dwelling

    Rollesby Methodist Chapel Main Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Apr 2004
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0310/F

    Erect glass canopy to front to form smoking area for customers and to side for staff

    Grosvenor Casino Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 26 Mar 2007
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0663/F

    Two-storey extension and garage

    4 Mautby Lane Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3JA

    Received 13 Jul 2004
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0682/F

    Bedrooms extension to existing residential care home +

    Church Farm Res Care Home Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4NJ

    Received 4 Sept 2001
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0039/F

    Extra storey to main single storey dwelling (to make 2-storey). Erection of single storey rear extension.

    Holmside St Johns Road Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9JT

    Received 2 Feb 2015
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0547/F

    Change of use from vacant retail unit (Class A1) to hot food takeaway (Class A5). Installation of extraction/ventilation equipment and external alterations.

    97-98 High Street Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RF

    Received 2 Oct 2015
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0522/CU

    Change of use from agricultural store and workshop to commercial store and workshop

    Grange Farm Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RA

    Received 11 Jul 2008
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0388/F

    Ground and first floor rear extensions

    Lilac Cottage Main Road Billockby Great Yarmouth NR29 3BG

    Received 8 Jun 2012
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0065/F

    Single storey office building (maximum design life 15 years) *

    J Paget Healthcare NHS Trust James Paget Hospital Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA

    Received 28 Jan 2000
  16. EST/LAW USE REF06/22/0452/PU

    Lawful development certificate for proposed use - change of use of garage to small hair/beauty room

    10 Cooper Close Caister on sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5EN

    Received 23 May 2022
  17. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/24/0253/LB

    Structural alterations and reinstatement of shopfront

    43 Market Row Great Yarmouth NR30 1PB

    Received 4 Apr 2024
  18. Undecided06/24/0968/F

    Demolition of existing factory, depot and warehouse buildings. Redevelopment of the site to construct 82no. residential dwellings (Class C3) with associated highway, drainage, cycle stores, landscaping works and electric substation. [REVISED PROPOSALS - changes to elevations, materials and boundary treatments, minor changes to building heights, raised ground floor habitable accommodation levels to reflect updated flood depths and revised highway works].

    Land at The Conge, Brewery Street & George Street Great Yarmouth NR30 1JN

    Received 16 Dec 2024
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0615/F

    New upvc white conservatory *

    31 Buxton Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6HG

    Received 9 Aug 2001
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0026/BF

    GIS

    The Cottage Mill Road Stokesby Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jan 1997
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0879/F

    Internal alterations and extension forming bedroom and utility room *

    Meadoway Court Road Rollesby Great Yarmouth NR29 5ET

    Received 26 Oct 2000
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/1100/F

    White upvc Victorian conservatory with brick dwarf walls

    4 Orde Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SZ

    Received 15 Nov 2004
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0636/F

    Conversion of retail space on ground floor of Victorian terraced property to residential *

    27 Olive Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Aug 2001
  24. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/06/0848/CC

    Removal of chimney stack

    53/54 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2AL NR30 2AL

    Received 2 Oct 2006

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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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