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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 · 23,826 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,942 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0951/F
GIS
The Dunes Amusement Arcade Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 30 Nov 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0050/F
Three facet conservatory *
Nyumbani Ormesby Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jan 2002
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0441/F
Demolish mock paddle steamer, install 65m dia ferris wheel, pay kiosk/shop, "dancing water jets" & 1.7m high perim fence
Boating Lake South of Nelson Gardens South Beach Parade Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Received 12 May 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0708/CU
Change of use to small home providing residential care for 4 young adults with learning difficulties
44 Albion Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3JD
Received 31 Aug 1995
EST/LAW USE CER.06/96/0766/EU
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as non-food retail *
Bridge Road/Southtown Road Great Yarmouth (Formerly Do-It-All)
Received 10 Oct 1996
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/16/0708/CU
Change of use of the first floor from B8 storage shed to C3 dwelling house (Flat)
84 Exmouth Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk
Received 21 Oct 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0688/F
GIS
1 Lilac Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8HD
Received 27 Aug 1998
NO OBJECTION06/24/0859/TEL
Proposed installation of 1 x 10m light wooden pole
R/O Footway opp 9 North Road Hemsby NR29 4EX
Received 31 Oct 2024
WITHDRAWN06/24/0503/PAD
Application for Prior Approval for permitted change of use of a former Agricultural building to a children's soft play facility (Use Class E(d)).
18-19 Brinell Way Great Yarmouth NR31 0LU
Received 18 Jun 2024
Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0270/CD
Discharge of Condition 4 of pp 06/23/0929/F (1. Temporary car park for staff and pupils of East Coast College and a temporary construction compound on land to the north . 2. Temporary storage container) ; Details of ecological precautionary measures
Land off Thamesfield Way Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED
Received 31 Mar 2025
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0911/F
Extensions and alterations to convert outbuilding to bungalow with car port +
172 Church Road (rear of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6NN
Received 8 Nov 2000
APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/19/0469/D
Approval of reserved matters of Planning Permission 06/18/0717/O - Final design
Beech House Main Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3BA
Received 15 Aug 2019
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0270/F
Proposed ground floor bedsit in lieu of part previously approved flat 1
54 Englands Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BE
Received 7 May 2019
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/1021/CU
GIS
Wild Duck Holiday Park Station Road Belton Great Yarmouth
Received 21 Dec 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0701/F
Erection of 4 two-bedroom houses with car parking and associated works; erection of a double garage for use by existing dwellings
56, 56a and 58 High Street Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EH
Received 13 Dec 2018
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0876/CU
Change of use of ground and first floor to a single unit of residential accommodation *
57 North Quay Great Yarmouth NR30 1JE
Received 2 Oct 2002
LIST.BLD.REFUSE (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/08/0621/LB
Proposed conversion of existing Hotel to 6 apartments
Grange Hotel Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QG
Received 20 Aug 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0440/F
Retrospective application for erection of boundary fence
73 Lower Cliff Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 6AB
Received 21 Aug 2020
NO OBJECTION Conditions/Reasons06/24/0819/TEL
Proposed installation of 1.no medium 11m pole O/S 2a+3a The Pastures, 1.no 10m light pole O/S 10 The Pastures and 1.no 10m light pole opp 9-11 The Pastures for fixed broadband
O/s 2a-3a, O/s 10 & Opp 9-11 The Pastures Hemsby NR29 4HF
Received 16 Oct 2024
Undecided06/26/0051/F
Demolition of existing study and garage and alterations to west elevation. Subdivision of the garden to create a new residential plot and erection of a new 1no. 3-bedroom detached chalet bungalow with associated access and parking.
16 Seafield Road South Caister-on-sea NR30 5LG
Received 20 Jan 2026
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/16/0425/A
Signage to ATM machine
Hemsby Service Centre Yarmouth Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4NL
Received 10 Jun 2016
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0239/F
Detached bungalow and integral domestic garage
75 Lords Lane (Plot 4 rear of) Bradwell Great Yarmouth
Received 11 Mar 2004
REF. DETAILS Conditions/Reasons06/20/0410/CD
Discharge of condition 7 - Contamination and 9 - materials for pp 06/17/0447/F
1 Gainsborough Court Nelson Road South GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3JL
Received 18 Aug 2020
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0495/F
GIS
The Works Donaldson and Son Low Road Winterton Great Yarmouth
Received 22 Jun 1998

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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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