The information on this page is designed to assist residents, potential developers and investors in Great Yarmouth to find out more about planning policy within the borough.
Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan
Interactive Great Yarmouth Borough Wide Plan
Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)
The Broads Local Plan
Contact us
Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan
The Borough Council's Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan provides the basis for all planning decisions in the Borough Council area except for those parts of the borough within the the Broads Authority area. Formally adopted on 23 February 2001, the Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan is intended to provide planning policy guidance until mid-2006. The Broads Authority also has its own 'Development Plan' known as the Broads Local Plan.
Decisions on planning applications by both authorities are made in accordance with policy together with policies contained in the Norfolk Structure Plan and in national planning guidance documents.
Saved Policies
Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, which brought in the system of Local Development Frameworks (LDF), the policies in the adopted Great Yarmouth Borough – Wide Local Plan (2001) were saved for a transitional period of three years from the date of the commencement of the Act. This period expires on 27 September 2007. The Act does, however, allow the Secretary of State to extend the saving of policies beyond that date. Requests to save policies beyond that date had to be made to the Secretary of State by 1 April 2007.
The Borough Council made an application to the Secretary of State via the Government Office for the East of England (GO-EAST) to ‘save’ a number of policies in the adopted Local Plan beyond the 27th September 2007 following a formal agreement at the Council’s Local Development Framework Working Party on 19 March 2007, Corporate Management Board on 20 March 2007, Cabinet on 21 March 2007 and Council on 5 April 2007.
On 19 September 2007, the Council received 'direction letters' (see below) from the Department for Communities and Local Government(DCLG) c/o GO-EAST to confirm which policies in the adopted Great Yarmouth Borough – Wide Local Plan (2001) have been 'saved' and remain our adopted planning policies from 28 September 2007. Essentially, this means that the number of policies which constiitute the Great Yarmouth Borough – Wide Local Plan (2001) have been reduced and more reliance is now placed on national Planning Policy Statements and the emerging Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England to help determine planning applications until such time as the replacement Local Development Framework (LDF) is adopted.
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Direction Letter (34kb)
To guide stakeholders and the public, a reference list has been created (see link below) which sets out the policies that have been deleted from the Great Yarmouth Borough – Wide Local Plan (2001) and provides guidance detailing which subsequent policy documents should be referred to in the event of a development proposal. In particular, the Council would draw your attention to the importance of reflecting policy in Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing.
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Deleted Policies Reference List (52kb)
Details of the relevant reports and publications related to the local plan can be found by clicking on the link below:
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Front Page (330kb)
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Main Index (311kb)
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Introduction (467kb)
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Chapter 1 - Economic Development Industrial Land (511kb)
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Chapter 2 - Housing (492kb)
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Chapter 3 - Transport & Communications (6830kb)
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Chapter 4 - Shopping (523kb)
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Chapter 5 - Tourism (460kb)
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Chapter 6 - Education & Community Services (371kb)
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Chapter 7 - Infrastructure Provision (452kb)
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Chapter 8 - The Natural Environment (446kb)
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Chapter 9 - Built Environment (509kb)
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Chapter 10 - Sport & Recreation (409kb)
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Chapter 11 - Bure Loop Development Area (381kb)
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Chapter 12 - The South Gorleston Development Area (312kb)
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Full Document (10561kb)
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The maps can be obtained from Tony Chaney on 01493 846422 or email plan@great-yarmouth.gov.uk.
Cheques need to be sent to the address below and made payable to Great Yarmouth Borough Council.
The cost of the Borough-Wide Local Plan is as follows :-
Complete document (text & maps) - £25 (+ £5 postage)
Text only - £12.50 (+£3.50 postage)
Individual black & white maps (5 in total) - £1.50 each (+25p postage)
Individual colour inset maps (4 in total) - £1.25 each (+25p postage)
Complete set of maps - £12.50 (+£2.50 postage)
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Interactive Great Yarmouth Borough Wide Plan
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The interactive version of the Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan can be viewed on the Planning Portal website. To view click on the link below
Planning Portal
Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)
Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) for the Borough-Wide Local plan include:
Residential Design Guidance for Norfolk (February 1998)
Biodiversity Supplementary Planning Guidance for Norfolk (June 2004)
The Biodiversity SPG seeks to emphasise the importance of adopting a positive approach to biodiversity protection and enhancement, and sets out the key considerations relating to wildlife and biodiversity that should be taken into account in all development proposals.
The Broads Local Plan
The Broads local plan text can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:
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Broads Local Plan (45kb)
Contact us
By post:
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Planning and Development Department
Maltings House
Malthouse Lane
Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
NR31 0GY.
By telephone: 01493 846685
By fax: 01493 846110
By email: plan@great-yarmouth.gov.uk
Please note that office hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday to Friday.
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