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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 · 23,860 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,976 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/03/0263/F

    New car park to front of property and alterations to entrance off West Road +

    51 High Street Caister Great Yarmouth (known as Police House)

    Received 25 Mar 2003
  2. WITHDRAWN06/00/0364/CU

    Renewal for temporary seasonal car park on redevelopment site

    Old Lodge Hotel Euston Road/Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 May 2000
  3. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/05/0240/O

    Re-develop the existing outbuilding to form a single storey dwelling

    Manor Farm (Land to rear of) Church Lane Filby Great Yarmouth

    Received 29 Mar 2005
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0684/F

    Replace existing conservatory with new single storey extension

    20 Fern Gardens Belton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9QU

    Received 2 Dec 2019
  5. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/18/0125/LB

    Variation of condition no 2 of Planning Permission Consent 06/16/0765/F - Change of use of ground floor to A1, A3 and A5 use and creation of 7 self contained flats (revised from 9)

    19 Hall Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HP

    Received 20 Feb 2018
  6. EST/LAW USE REF06/94/0642/EU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as hot food take-away *

    37 Marine Parade Silver Sands Fish and Chips Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jul 1994
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/1049/F

    Part change of use of six

    Seawinds Guest House 32 Victoria Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Dec 1994
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/19/0108/F

    Single storey side and rear extensions with internal alterations

    62 Church Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7BG

    Received 22 Feb 2019
  9. NO OBJECTION06/23/0446/TEL

    Proposed installation of 1 x 10m wooden telephone pole (opp 1 Trinity Avenue)

    Opposite 1 Trinity Avenue Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7DD

    Received 9 Jun 2023
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0798/F

    WC & shower room to rear for disabled person

    27 Exmouth Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 15 Sept 2006
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/04/0763/F

    Convert building to two houses

    62/63 Cliff Hill Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 12 Aug 2004
  12. PERMITTED DEV.06/19/0038/PDE

    Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Larger Home Extension - Single storey conservatory with flat roof

    13 Heather Avenue Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3NN

    Received 23 Jan 2019
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0337/F

    Extensions and internal alterations

    1 Providence Cottages Low Road, Rollesby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 5HE NR29 5HE

    Received 4 Apr 2007
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0877/BF

    Removal of occupancy condition (condition 3 of Planning Permission 06/97/0240/BU)

    The Lodge Church Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 3 Oct 2002
  15. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/95/0473/F

    Construction of refreshment hut

    Gorleston Golf Club Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth

    Received 26 May 1995
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0616/F

    Erection of three detached dwellings with associated parking and gardens

    St Thomas's Road (Land off) Hemsby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4JE

    Received 8 Sept 2016
  17. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/95/0358/D

    Four four-bedroomed houses and eleven three-bedroomed bungalows

    Plots 1-15 Kennedy Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth (St Edmunds Roman Catholic School Site)

    Received 25 Apr 1995
  18. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/97/0670/O

    GIS

    Acle New Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Aug 1997
  19. WITHDRAWN06/06/0883/F

    Single storey rear extension

    87 Sturdee Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 16 Oct 2006
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0228/F

    To demolish the existing kitchen and WC building at rear of church, and replace with new kitchen extension.

    Light of Life Baptist Church North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LA

    Received 7 Apr 2011
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0283/F

    Proposed retention of works at first floor level to unit 3

    Unit 3 (To the rear of) 102 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 17 Mar 2006
  22. Undecided06/24/0559/CD

    Discharge of Condition 18 of application 06/16/0190/F (Development of 6 houses and 28 flats) - Surface Water Drainage Scheme

    Ferryside 98 High Road Gorleston NR31 0PH

    Received 5 Jul 2024
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0454/F

    Retrospective application for conservatory to rear of property

    29 Dorothy Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8NR

    Received 21 Jul 2010
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/18/0320/CU

    Retrospective application for change of use to increase number of HMO rooms to eight person HMO

    14 Crown Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2JN

    Received 8 Jun 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.

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