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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 · 23,844 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,960 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/08/0397/CU

    Conversion of hotel to ten apartments

    Hazelhurst Hotel 8-9 Norfolk Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1EL

    Received 16 May 2008
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0535/CU

    Change of use to single dwelling house *

    5 Walpole Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4NG

    Received 5 Jun 2003
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/09/0017/F

    Single storey extension and new vehicular access

    19 Poplar Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7PW

    Received 12 Jan 2009
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/1045/F

    GIS

    10/12 Marine Parade Harry Ramsdens Great Yarmouth NR30 3AH

    Received 23 Dec 1999
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0593/F

    Conservatory and rear extension (single storey)

    11 Wensum Way Belton Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 7 Aug 2008
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0383/F

    Demolish existing sun lounge & rebuild, construct new pitched roof over existing garage/kitchen

    25 Lawnswood Drive Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5RB

    Received 21 Jun 2010
  7. EST/LAW USE CER.06/25/0944/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development to confirm the lawful use of the premises is as a hot food takeaway and restaurant (fish and chip shop) (sui generis use).

    10 Beach Road Caister-on-sea NR30 5ER

    Received 4 Nov 2025
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0351/F

    Two-storey extension and alterations, porch to side elevation

    32 Colomb Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Apr 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0056/F

    Replacement of outbuilding used for domestic changing/swimming pool, plant room & aviary. New outbuilding for domestic gymnasium/hobby room

    Conkers Main Road Filby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3HN

    Received 10 Feb 2015
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/23/0849/HH

    Proposed single storey side and rear extensions and provision of additional length of 1.8m high close board boundary

    1 Hamilton Walk Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4TB

    Received 19 Nov 2023
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0873/F

    Ren of pp 06/98/0836/F for retention of single storey timber building measuring 11 x 8m for use as office accomm *

    Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Nov 2001
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0893/O

    Two detached houses with garages and associared visibility splay *

    Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth (adja former filling station) NR29 3HS

    Received 1 Nov 2000
  13. WITHDRAWN06/21/0939/F

    Proposed single storey front extension

    5 Peartree Avenue Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RJ

    Received 8 Nov 2021
  14. APPROVE06/26/0439/TRE

    Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TPO No. 6 of 2017) - T8 (Prunus Kanzan - Cherry) - Fell. - 5 day notice (Under Regulation 14(1)(c) of the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulation 2012).

    The Dunes (Former Pontins Holiday Park) Beach Road Hemsby

    Received 1 Jun 2026
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0244/F

    Resubmission - Demolition of existing single storey extension. Construction of double storey extension to rear (North) and side (West) elevations

    84 Repps Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4QT

    Received 26 Apr 2013
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0223/F

    Extension of exhaust cowl to existing odour control system in odour control plant

    Caister Sewage Treatment Works Yarmouth Road West Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5TE

    Received 9 Mar 2004
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0376/F

    Square bay window off lounge (front facing) *

    Highfield House North Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LN

    Received 24 Apr 2002
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0459/F

    Demolish existing bungalow and replace with detached bungalow and garage

    Peacehaven Yarmouth Road Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4NJ

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  19. PERMITTED DEV.06/17/0653/PDC

    Details of prior approval - cafe/sweet shop

    156 High Street Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6RD

    Received 16 Oct 2017
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0073/F

    Rear garden room extension and studio extension at rear of existing garage

    15 Tudor Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6UT

    Received 11 Feb 2010
  21. WITHDRAWN06/22/0209/CD

    Discharge of part of condition 5 of PP 06/20/0156/O - details of temporary haul road route for construction vehicle access to and egress from the site - for the residential development of up to 33 dwellings.

    Land off Foster Close Ormesby St Margaret

    Received 16 Mar 2022
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0778/F

    Refurbishment of existing attached building to form a storeroom

    Scratby Hall Barn Scratby Road Scratby Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Dec 2009
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0291/F

    Proposed single storey side extension

    Ormesby Hall Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3JU

    Received 8 May 2017
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0774/F

    GIS

    Yarmouth Business Park Suffolk Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0ER

    Received 24 Sept 1997

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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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