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20,942 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/Reasons06/02/0127/F

    First floor extension over garage to form dressing room and en-suite *

    Tanglewood St Johns Road Belton Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Feb 2002
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0998/F

    Extension and renovation of two-bedroomed dwelling to create three-bedroomed house with double garage

    Louville Main Road Ormesby St Michael Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Oct 2004
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0870/F

    White PVCu combination 'Victorian' conservatory on 9 course cavity wall

    52 Crosstead Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Oct 1995
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0665/F

    Single storey upvc conservatory to rear of property *

    13 Shrublands Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 8DU

    Received 24 Jul 2002
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0468/F

    Erection of replacement fence to rear boundary (2.4 m high)

    49 Sea View Rise Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SE

    Received 22 Jul 2009
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0726/F

    Two storey side extension

    123 Beach Road Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PG

    Received 3 Dec 2012
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0758/F

    GIS

    Vanguard Road Gapton Hall Industrial Estate Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 0NT

    Received 24 Sept 1998
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0568/F

    Convert 1st & 2nd floors to flats. Three x two bedroom flat to each floor

    21 Euston Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 23 Jun 2006
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0314/SU

    Siting of a temporary portakabin to be used as an administration and information centre for Scratby Coastal Pathfinder Project

    The Public Car Park Rottenstone Lane Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 May 2010
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0009/F

    GIS *

    9 Royal Avenue Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Jan 1998
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0744/F

    Proposed retail units and staff toilet replacement (Class A1)

    Joyland Marine Parade Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 29 Nov 2010
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/06/0734/CU

    Change of use from service station to car valet station

    Service Station High Road Repps Great Yarmouth NR29 5JH

    Received 14 Aug 2006
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0041/F

    Proposed new dwelling

    2 & 4 Damgate Back Lane (adj) Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QB

    Received 16 Jan 2018
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0767/F

    Change of use from hotel to residential to provide 3 flats and 1 bedsit(revised from 3 no. bedsits and 3 no. flats )

    13 Albert Square Corner House Hotel GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 3JH

    Received 13 Dec 2017
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1019/F

    New porch to replace previous

    Holme Beach Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 6 Dec 1994
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0148/CU

    Change of use of 4no. barns from agricultural use into commercial self-storage units (Use Class B8), and provision of associated parking

    Hall Farm Hall Road Martham NR29 4PD

    Received 28 Feb 2024
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0012/F

    First floor extension above existing garage/utility room *

    56 Prince of Wales Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5UB

    Received 3 Jan 2003
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0531/F

    Single storey extension to front and side to form relative's accommodation

    1 Queens Crescent Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7NN

    Received 31 Aug 2012
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0287/F

    Single storey garage and store side extension

    31 Rollesby Road Martham Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Apr 2005
  20. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/17/0290/LB

    Revision of 06/16/0534/LB for conversion and extension at rear to form two residential units

    136 King Street GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2PQ

    Received 8 May 2017
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0647/F

    Alterations to existing fire exit door, increasing height of opening and forming external landing and steps

    Communication Centre Rollesby Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RU

    Received 1 Oct 2009
  22. WITHDRAWN06/20/0018/F

    New development of 8 dwellings

    14 Beach Road (Land adj) Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AJ

    Received 14 Jan 2020
  23. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/00/0765/O

    Chalet style dwelling to front (south) part of site

    33/35 Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3QE

    Received 11 Sept 2000
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0543/F

    Ground floor extension to enlarge kitchen and dining facilities, ground floor toilet. First floor extension to enlarge bedrooms, creation of dormer windows

    144 El Alamein Way Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8SY

    Received 27 Sept 2018

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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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