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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 · 23,832 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,948 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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. CON.AREA.CONS'T Conditions/Reasons06/07/0176/CC

    Removal of ground floor rear bar and reinstatement of open yard for use as smoking area

    Allens Bar 2 Greyfriars Way Great Yarmouth NR30 2QE NR30 2QE

    Received 19 Feb 2007
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0931/F

    Dormer roof extensions

    62 Albany Road Southtown Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 0EU NR31 0EU

    Received 6 Nov 2006
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0099/HH

    Proposed two storey and single storey rear and side extensions, raised roof height and re-roofing to provide accommodation in roof space

    33 St Julian Road Caister on Sea GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 5BZ

    Received 8 Feb 2022
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0175/F

    Demolition of domestic garage and replacement with the construction of 1 no 2 bed detached house

    24 Victoria Street (Land adj) Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5HA

    Received 9 Mar 2016
  5. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0831/F

    GIS

    Castle Stores Butt Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9PU

    Received 21 Oct 1998
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/20/0392/CU

    Change of use from day centre to single residential dwelling

    52 Deneside GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2HL

    Received 26 Aug 2020
  7. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/19/0298/F

    Proposed change of use of single dwelling house to self contained annex to be used as a holiday let and extension of existing summer house to form holiday let

    Black Barn Market Lane Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3ST

    Received 22 May 2019
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0428/F

    Retrospective application to convert no.1 dwelling house into no.2 self-contained flats

    8 York Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2NA

    Received 16 May 2022
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0845/F

    Two-storey extension and conservatory *

    Bracora Station Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Oct 2000
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0207/CU

    Change of use from A1 (retail) to A3 & A5 (cafe & takeaway)

    New Beach Shopping Arcade Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 27 Mar 2012
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0718/F

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 06/19/0332/F - width of building to be reduced

    Hemsby Lifeboat Station Beach Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH

    Received 24 Dec 2019
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0980/F

    Conversion of Dairy Farm Barn to dwelling and refurbishment of 'Cartlodge' to form vehicle parking and storage facilities

    37 Yarmouth Road Dairy Farm Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 13 Oct 2004
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0642/HH

    Proposed single storey side/rear extension with flat roof

    16 Foxglove Drive Bradwell NR31 8UU

    Received 20 Jul 2022
  14. EST/LAW USE CER.06/18/0082/PU

    Application for certificate of lawfulness for proposed use - Class C3 (b) dwelling house

    56 Long Lane Sapphire House Bradwell GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8PW

    Received 6 Feb 2018
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0418/F

    Conservatory *

    70 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 May 2001
  16. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/04/1017/D

    Twelve detached houses, substitution of house types and realignment of access road

    South Gorleston Development Area Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Site 2)

    Received 25 Oct 2004
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/18/0177/F

    Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension

    19 Magdalen Way Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7BW

    Received 16 Mar 2018
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0662/O

    Erection of six detached two-storey dwellings and garages

    Land to the east of Beechcroft (off Station Road) Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR29 3PU

    Received 27 Jul 2007
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0273/F

    Proposed covered store

    7 St Margarets Way Hopton on Sea Great Yarmouth NR31 9RP

    Received 13 May 2013
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0160/A

    Shop signs

    116 Regent Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 16 Feb 2007
  21. APPROVED BY NCC06/97/0532/SU

    GIS

    Shrublands Youth/Community Cen Magdalen Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Jun 1997
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/26/0275/F

    Installation of a double-sided internally-illuminated projecting sign.

    12 North Drive (Imperial Lodge) Great Yarmouth NR30 1EG

    Received 10 Apr 2026
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0701/F

    Demolish garage and erect two-storey extension to form playroom and bedrooms

    Kindlecroft Mill Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Nov 2009
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0696/F

    Change of use from residential to hotel. First and second floors, ensuite accommodation.

    Fritton Old Hall Fritton Lake Countryworld Church Lane Fritton

    Received 9 Sept 2005

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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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