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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 · 23,896 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

21,012 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/Reasons06/04/1213/F

    Replacement dwelling

    77 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EZ

    Received 21 Dec 2004
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0267/F

    Extension to existing offices

    Great Yarmouth Ceilings Ltd Monument Estate Fenner Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 4 May 2010
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0249/F

    Side extension & alterations

    87 Eastern Avenue Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5JA

    Received 23 Apr 2010
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0028/F

    First floor side extension, ground floor utility extension and internal alterations

    Seaview St Mary's Road Hemsby, Great Yarmouth NR29 4JQ

    Received 16 Jan 2014
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0250/CU

    Change of use of part of existing property from hairdressing salon to residential

    6 North Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR29 3SA

    Received 18 Apr 2011
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0509/F

    GIS

    78 Edinburgh Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 15 Jun 1999
  7. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0568/F

    Conservatory *

    7 Greenacres Wood Farm Lane Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7JA

    Received 16 Jun 2003
  8. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/14/0636/F

    Proposed 2 no. residential dwellings with garages accessed off Riverside Road

    43 High Street (Land to rear of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RR

    Received 11 Sept 2014
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/1003/F

    Retention of use as livery stables; 4 additional stables and tack room; change of use from agricultural to grazing

    Carr Farm Decoy Road Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth

    Received 19 Nov 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0478/F

    Substitution of approved window with double doors

    Eversley House 95/96 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 4LW

    Received 25 May 2007
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0079/F

    Renewal of planning permission no. 06/99/0085/F for outside seating area +

    56 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1NU

    Received 3 Feb 2000
  12. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/03/1174/CU

    Change of use guest house to private house

    44 Nelson Road South Great Yarmouth NR30 3JA

    Received 22 Dec 2003
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0042/F

    Proposed extension to dining room

    24 Heather Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9PR

    Received 25 Jan 2010
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/01/0086/CU

    Change of use to B1 business use

    Great Yarmouth Art College Nelson Road Central Great Yarmouth

    Received 1 Feb 2001
  15. WITHDRAWN06/07/0429/MM

    GPDO Part 24 Application - installation of 9.7m streetworks pole and associated equipment cabinets

    Lowestoft Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6JA

    Received 9 May 2007
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0053/F

    Renewal of planning permission Ref. No. 06/04/0067/CU - change of use part of land (car park) for the standing of mobile catering units

    Cafe and Car Park Beach Road Winterton Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Jan 2009
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0384/F

    Retrospective application for erection of polytunnel type greenhouse with obscured window and door

    14 Martham Road Hemsby Great Yarmouth NR29 4LS

    Received 9 Jun 2009
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/1018/F

    Two-storey side extension *

    35 Yarmouth Road Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 22 Nov 2002
  19. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/14/0417/F

    Erection of a single storey side extension for use as a car port

    35 The Promenade Sea Joy Scratby Great Yarmouth NR29 3PA

    Received 30 Jun 2014
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0866/F

    Proposed alts and extn to create additional toilet & changing facilities to exstg HolidayPark facilities complex

    Hopton Holiday Village Warren Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR32 4QD NR32 4QD

    Received 5 Oct 2007
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/15/0509/F

    Refurbishment of boundaries and surfacing of existing concrete hardstanding adjacent to The Ship Resource Centre

    Greyfriars Car Park Howard Street South GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 2QE

    Received 12 Aug 2015
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0453/F

    Dormer window for loft conversion *

    5 Connaught Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7LU NR31 7LU

    Received 6 Jun 2000
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0758/F

    Erection of agricultural livestock building

    Whitegate Farm Common Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RD

    Received 14 Jan 2014
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0246/BF

    GIS

    Burgh Castle Yacht Station Burgh Castle Great Yarmouth

    Received 25 Mar 1997

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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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