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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 · 23,900 approved or refused records
2,884Refused applications

21,016 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. FINALLY DISPOSED OF Conditions/Reasons06/18/0475/O

    Redevelopment of land adjacent to village boundary to form a residential development of 19 dwellings with vehicular and pedestrian access

    14 Beach Road (Land adj) Scratby GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AJ

    Received 14 Aug 2018
  2. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/09/0758/F

    Demolish existing utility room and rebuild extending on to existing bathroom

    1 Station Cottages Beccles Road St Olaves Great Yarmouth NR31 9AD

    Received 1 Dec 2009
  3. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0906/F

    GIS

    29 Thurne Rise Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PU

    Received 12 Nov 1998
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/98/0690/F

    GIS

    25 Tan Lane (adjacent to) Caister Great Yarmouth

    Received 28 Aug 1998
  5. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/99/0004/F

    GIS

    24 Recreation Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 7 Jan 1999
  6. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0777/F

    GIS

    Howard Street South (land off) Great Yarmouth

    Received 24 Sept 1997
  7. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/20/0118/LB

    Vary condition 2 of planning permission 06/18/0581/LB; remove conditions 3,6 and 7 of planning permission 06/18/0581/LB

    15 Hall Quay GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HP

    Received 27 Feb 2020
  8. Not proceeded with06/25/0811/LB

    Proposal to install window guards to 10 widows on the northside of the church, and 2 windows on the eastside (vestry).

    St Nicholas Church Church Plain Great Yarmouth NR30 1NE

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  9. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/07/0424/O

    Trunk road service area and sixty person restaurant

    A12/Lowestoft Road Hopton-on-Sea Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 9WL

    Received 4 May 2007
  10. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0256/F

    Replacement conservatory +

    Flat 1 The Towers High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6RT

    Received 23 Mar 2000
  11. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/02/0688/F

    Two-storey side extension and single storey front extension +

    15 Elizabeth Crescent Caister Great Yarmouth NR30 5LT

    Received 1 Aug 2002
  12. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0806/F

    Extension to form porch/wc to front *

    14 Clydesdale Rise Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 11 Sept 2002
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/0747/F

    Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and erection of new single storey rear extension

    2 Lavender Court Winterton GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR29 4DG

    Received 1 Sept 2021
  14. REFUSED (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons06/17/0438/O

    Residential development 18 no. single storey dwellings, open space and associated works

    Lowestoft Road (Land adj) Hopton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9RN

    Received 19 Jul 2017
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0088/F

    Sub-division of property to form two residential units with extension to form entrance lobby

    24 Wellesley Road Great Yarmouth

    Received 2 Feb 1995
  16. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/13/0575/F

    Retrospective application for a car port

    35 The Promenade Sea Joy Scratby NR29 3PA

    Received 20 Sept 2013
  17. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0312/F

    Rear single storey extension to form bakery preparation area

    6 Crab Lane Bradwell NR31 8DT

    Received 28 Apr 2014
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0776/F

    Shop with residential flat over and rear extension over stairwell

    29 Broad Row Great Yarmouth

    Received 27 Sept 1995
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/94/0566/CU

    Renewal of pp 6/92/0234/CU for provision of sales area for furniture/carpet cleaning after fires in home

    60/61 High Street Gorleston Great Yarmouth

    Received 30 Jun 1994
  20. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/07/0260/A

    Two fascia sign panels with built up letters and logo

    14 Hall Quay Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 12 Mar 2007
  21. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0527/F

    Demolition of building and erection of recreation room, kitchen, store and wwc *

    Centre 81 Tar Works Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1QR

    Received 28 Jun 2000
  22. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0097/F

    Rear extension and conservatory

    1 Firs Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

    Received 1 Feb 2007
  23. ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/10/0061/A

    New fascia signage

    13 King Street Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2BA

    Received 2 Feb 2010
  24. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0890/F

    2 No conventional dormers (replacing inverted dormers) to north rear elevation

    Elm View West Road West Caister Great Yarmouth, NR30 5SY

    Received 15 Oct 2007

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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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