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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
29,578Searchable applications
221Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 23,870 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,986 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/94/1044/F

    Single car garage *

    30 Hamilton Road Great Yarmouth NR30 4NB

    Received 13 Dec 1994
  2. WITHDRAWN06/94/0881/F

    Installation of new shop front

    5 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 17 Oct 1994
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0455/F

    Proposed 80 bed care home and associated facilities

    Lowestoft Road (former Nursery) Hopton Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 19 Jul 2011
  4. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/96/0045/F

    Detached house and garage

    Koolunga House (land adja) High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Jan 1996
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0953/F

    Proposed two storey rear extension

    Tower Lodge Tower Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AU

    Received 15 Nov 2021
  6. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/21/0960/A

    Proposal for no. 3 externally illuminated box fascias; no. 4 non-illuminated box fascias; no. 1 illuminated projecting sign and no. 2 non-illuminated dibond panels.

    Former Albion Tavern Public House 87 Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SH

    Received 16 Nov 2021
  7. PERMITTED DEV.06/16/0069/PDE

    Notification of a larger home extension - flat roof extension to rear

    7 Pound Lane Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 7QY NR31 7QY

    Received 2 Feb 2016
  8. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/05/0090/F

    Demolish rear lean-to extension and erect replacement two-storey extension

    11 Camperdown Great Yarmouth NR30 3TB

    Received 3 Feb 2005
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0233/F

    White upvc conservatory with 1700mm high brick wall adja boundary and new front wall with railings and gates*

    4 Cliff Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Hopton Parish) NR31 6JY

    Received 18 Mar 2003
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/12/0570/F

    Revised application for a single storey rear extension to provide self contained bedsit accommodation

    35 Northgate Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1BH

    Received 17 Sept 2012
  11. APP RES. MATTERS Conditions/Reasons06/10/0572/D

    Appearance of six detached two storey dwellings and garages, boundary treatment and landscaping of the site

    74 Station Road Beechcroft Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3NH NR29 3NH

    Received 13 Sept 2010
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0078/F

    Installation of 4KW PV roof mounted system on south facing roof (16 panels)

    Old Meeting Unitarian Church Yarmouth Way GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2SW

    Received 9 Feb 2015
  13. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/07/0003/BL

    Extension to existing transport museum

    Caister Car Collection Caister Castle, Castle Lane West Caister Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 2 Jan 2007
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/25/0408/HH

    Erection of a two-storey rear/side extension; Creation of a new dropped kerb, access and parking area.

    Pine View Beccles Road Fritton NR31 9AB

    Received 21 May 2025
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0531/F

    GIS

    9 Minsmere Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9NX

    Received 22 Jun 1999
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0297/F

    First floor alterations to Coach House to self-contained annexe with Juliet balcony

    Rectory Close Coach House Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5EG

    Received 1 May 2015
  17. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0852/A

    External non illuminated building signs

    Booker Cash & Carry St Nicholas Trading Estate St Nicholas Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1NN

    Received 24 Nov 2008
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0111/F

    Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of two detached bungalows and garages

    6 Tern Road Scratby Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3NX

    Received 8 Feb 2008
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0136/F

    Proposed 23-pen boarding cattery to rear and side of property comprised of 2no. cattery pen buildings and a reception building

    New Farm Bungalow Newport Road Hemsby NR29 4NW

    Received 22 Feb 2024
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/94/0909/A

    Fascia sign and projecting box

    183 King Street W H Smith Ltd Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Oct 1994
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0961/F

    GIS

    Market Gates Shopping Centre Great Yarmouth (Unit 8)

    Received 4 Dec 1998
  22. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0795/A

    The installation of an illuminated sign

    118/120 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR31 6RE

    Received 5 Sept 2007
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0171/CU

    Conversion of dwelling house to two residential units of accommodation

    20 High Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 Mar 1996
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0951/F

    Covered way to link bungalows to existing residential care home

    Church Farm Residential Home Yarmouth Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Nov 1995

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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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