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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 · 23,877 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

20,993 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/98/0449/A

    GIS

    13 North Road Spar Store Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3SA

    Received 4 Jun 1998
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0653/F

    GIS

    Liffens Holiday Park Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Aug 1996
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0462/F

    Extension to existing bungalow

    Dunes End, Four Acres Estate, Hemsby NR29 4JB

    Received 23 Jun 2014
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0839/F

    Alterations to entrance and improvements to car parks, restaurant patio and stopping up of low level access road

    Beach & The Valley Car Parks (Off Beach Road) Hemsby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 25 Sept 2007
  5. WITHDRAWN06/04/0508/F

    New timber framed house on site adjacent existing property

    28 Kennel Loke Gorleston Great Yarmouth (Hopton Parish) NR31 6JU

    Received 3 Jun 2004
  6. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/14/0377/LB

    Demolition of existing side extension and construction of new side extension

    Martham Hall 58 Hall Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PD

    Received 20 May 2014
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0107/F

    GIS

    31 Winifred Way Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 16 Feb 1998
  8. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/23/0438/O

    Outline planning permission for one self-build dwelling with parking and gardens

    Forestry Cottage New Road Fritton Great Yarmouth NR31 9HR

    Received 30 May 2023
  9. APPROVE06/95/0070/F

    Variation of holiday occupancy conditions to 1st March to 14th January the following year

    Cherry Tree Holiday Park Mill Road Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jan 1995
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0183/F

    Reinstate the old smoke house for use as studio with wind turbine at side of building

    East Side of Cliff Hill Opposite No. 36 Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6DQ NR31 6DQ

    Received 15 Mar 2016
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0816/F

    Erection of three-bedroom bungalow for disabled person and family

    Rambouillet Close (Car park site) Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 22 Sept 2006
  12. WITHDRAWN06/99/0028/A

    GIS

    Caister Holiday Centre Ormesby Road Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5NQ

    Received 15 Jan 1999
  13. Partially Discharged Conditions/Reasons06/25/0620/CD

    Discharge of Condition 28 of pp. 06/20/0278/F (Conversion of former First and Last Public House into 1no. 4-bed dwelling; Construction of 2no. semi detached houses and 2no. 3-bed semi detached houses with associated parking and infrastructure) - details of visibility splays

    First And Last Public House Yarmouth Road Ormesby St Margaret W Scratby NR29 3QG

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  14. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/11/0732/F

    Rear extension, porch extension, increase in roof pitch to form accommodation within roofspace and juliet balcony - revised application previously refused under 06/11/0565/F

    24 Sun Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PY

    Received 21 Nov 2011
  15. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0513/A

    Two illuminated wall-mounted signs and two unilluminated fence-mounted signs

    147 Lawn Avenue Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1QP

    Received 17 Aug 2010
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0541/F

    Extension to side

    5 Marine Crescent Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 13 Jun 2006
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0561/F

    Extension to side of property at first floor and extension to rear of property at ground floor

    Nursery Farmhouse Back Lane Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth NR31 9QJ

    Received 24 Aug 2009
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0504/F

    GIS

    46 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Jul 1996
  19. PERMITTED DEV.06/14/0615/LDO

    Two new light industrial warehouses with associated office space

    Site 19 & 17 Beacon Park Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7RQ

    Received 2 Oct 2014
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0555/F

    GIS

    Cliff Park High School Kennedy Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Jul 1999
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/17/0073/SU

    Single storey side extension to provide bedroom and shower room. New ramped access to front entrance

    4 Suffolk Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 0QB NR31 0QB

    Received 7 Feb 2017
  22. WITHDRAWN06/08/0357/F

    Alterations and extension and change of use from private residence and chip shop to one private residence only

    37 Camden Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3AB

    Received 1 May 2008
  23. EST/LAW USE CER.06/96/0898/EU

    GIS

    79 Regent Road Great Yarmouth (Flat No 11)

    Received 28 Nov 1996
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0669/F

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 06/96/0854/F to revise layout in relation to plot 45

    Fairway Lakes Caldecott Hall Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9EY

    Received 29 Oct 2015

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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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