Emerging Local Plan

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First Draft Local Plan consultation (Regulation 18)

The Borough Council is currently progressing a review of the whole Local Plan, following the adoption of the Local Plan Part 2. The first draft Local Plan (regulation 18) consultation opened at 09:00 on 13 March 2024 and will close at 23:59 on 08 May 2024.  The new Local Plan will eventually replace the Core Strategy and the Local Plan Part 2. The new Local Plan is presented as a single document, rather than being separate Local Plans covering strategy, allocation and detailed policies. The plan includes a strategy for development, including identifying needs for housing and economic development over the period to 2041. The plan also identifies land for development and other site-specific policies, as well as detailed policies to help determine planning applications. The draft local plan sets out the council's preferred approach, which has been summarised (opens new window) below. Consultation at this stage provides an opportunity to suggest changes, or support the preferred approach, before the Council finalises the Local Plan. The emerging plan is supported by documents contained within the Local Plan Evidence Base. The Council is also seeking views on Potential Community Infrastructure levy rates (opens new window), further detail can be viewed below. 

The consultation seeks views on:

• Whether the plan reflects your ideas about the future of the borough 
• Whether the plan identifies the most suitable sites for new development 
• Whether the policies contained within the draft Local Plan are suitable to help make decisions on planning applications 

The Council is also welcoming submissions of sites from landowners which could be considered for gypsy and traveller provision and provides an opportunity to submit further sites to be considered for Local Green Space designation. Comments can be submitted via the Local Plan document by clicking the comment button which follows a section or policy. 

Comments will also be accepted: 

• by email: localplan@great-yarmouth.gov.uk.
• in writing: Strategic Planning, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Town Hall, Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2QF

Please make clear in your response which policy or part of the document you are commenting on. All comments and personal data received through the above surveys, and by email and post, will be processed and stored in accordance with the Council's planning privacy notice. By completing survey forms within the above documents, or emailing or posting comments, you are hereby agreeing to the privacy notice. The information you submit will be in the public domain, though we will not publish sensitive data such as email addresses.

The Local Plan has not been formatted to be printed, though a printable version (PDF) [24MB] (opens new window)  of the Local Plan is also available. 

The following drop-in events have taken place within the consultation period:

• 15 April 2024 - 10:00 to 18:00 - Great Yarmouth Town Hall
• 16 April 2024 - 16:30 to 20:30 - All Saints Parish Hall, Beach Road, Scratby
• 22 April 2024 - 16:30 to 20:30 - The Old School Village Centre, Green Lane, Bradwell

A webinar on the first draft Local Plan was held on 27 March 2024.