Consultations and surveys

Consultation plays an important role in involving people and allowing people to have their say on a range of issues, helping the Borough Council to further improve services and to make more informed plans and decisions.

Introduction

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has launched a consultation on our draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy.  The consultation is open until Sunday 7 January 2024.

The draft Homelessness and Rough Strategy has been prepared following a homeless review undertaken by independent consultants.  The draft Strategy sets out how the Council, along with Norfolk County Council and other partners, helps people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.

We welcome your views on the draft Strategy and its Action Plan.

• View the full homeless review
• View the summary homeless review
• View the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy

You can tell us what you think by completing this survey. If you would like the survey in another format or would like to respond in a different way, please contact us:

• by email to housingoptions@great-yarmouth.gov.uk
• by phone to 01493 846140

The information you provide will be stored safely  - please see our https://www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/policies/data-protection for full details.

Homeless Review

The homeless review, carried out by Neil Morland & Co Housing Consultants on behalf of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, looked at:

1. the levels, and likely future levels, of homelessness in the Borough
2. the activities which are carried out for (or which contribute to their achievement);
   1. preventing homelessness in the Borough
   2. making sure that accommodation is or will be available for people in the Borough who are or may become homeless
   3. providing support for people in the Borough: who are or may become homeless; or who have been homeless and need support to prevent them becoming homeless again
3. the resources available to carry out the above activities.

Draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy

Great Yarmouth Borough Council's draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-2028 seeks to:

1. prevent homelessness in the Borough
2. make sure enough accommodation is and will be available for people in the Borough who are or may become homeless
3. make sure there are adequate services to support for people in the Borough who are or may become homeless; or who have been homeless and need support to prevent them becoming homeless again.

Help when homeless or threatened with homelessness

Help for anyone who might be homeless or at risk of homelessness, can be found in this section of the website.

As government funding continues to decrease, we need to strike a balance between a revised Council Tax Support scheme that is fair and affordable for those who receive support, and also for all our residents who receive council services. However, we remain committed to providing the maximum level of support for those with the lowest income.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is now consulting on our scheme for 2024 and we would like your views. 

The consultation closes on 3 December 2023.

The Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Design Code Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) consultation open opened 21 July 2023 and closed at 23:59 on 13 October.

The consultation sought your views on proposed design codes and design guidance to help supplement the interpretation of existing design-based policies in the Council's adopted Local Plan.

The Borough Council will now consider the responses received during the consultation and consider any revisions to the SPD before seeking to adopt it towards the end of 2023.

For more information on the Design Code please see the Current planning consultations page. 

Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk Constabulary are proposing to install nine CCTV cameras in Great Yarmouth, to increase the public's feeling of safety by deterring anti-social behaviour. 

The proposed locations for additional CCTV and street lighting are as follows:

• Deneside
• York Road
• King Street/St Peters Road
• Blackfriars Road
• Havelock Road
• Victoria Road
• Wellington Road
• Kimberly Terrace/Camperdown
• Nelson Road Central

These are shown on this map of  Existing and proposed locations of CCTV cameras in Great Yarmouth (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window) .

We are keen to hear from residents, businesses, community groups and sports clubs on what impact this may have. Our questionnaire will take no longer than five minutes to complete and will help inform the Council's decision.

Consultation is now closed. The closing date for responses was midnight on Monday 05 December 2022.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council created a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in April 2017 that:

• brought longstanding dog control measures under the latest legislation
• updated the rules to reflect the expectations and aspirations of communities

The Order - to help promote responsible dog control at publicly accessible land across the borough - was introduced following a public consultation and input from parish councils and key landowners.

PSPOs last for a maximum period of three years, after which they must be reviewed to ensure they are still required. The current Order is due to end on 30 March 2023.

The Council recently sought the views of the public, including individuals, landowners, parish councils and other organisations, regarding whether or not the Order should be continued for another three years, or removed.

No additional dog control measures were being proposed as part of the consultation. This review is purely on the current PSPO with a view to helping the Council decide whether or not the existing controls should be renewed.

The consultation ran from Monday 24 October 2022 until Sunday 20 November 2022.

You can view:

• the current Public Spaces Protection Order No 3: dog control (2017)
• the full Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (opens new window)

Great Yarmouth Borough Council created a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in February 2017 as part of multi-agency work to help tackle vehicle-related anti-social behaviour on and near the Great Yarmouth seafront.

This prohibits anyone within the PSPO area from participating in, or encouraging, such activities as:

• driving at excessive speed
• repeated and sudden rapid acceleration
• racing vehicles
• performing stunts

Where someone breaks the conditions of the PSPO, the Order allows enforcement action to be taken by police officers and authorised Council officers.

The Order runs for a three-year period at a time and is currently due to end on 01 February 2023.

The Council recently sought the views of the public, including residents, businesses and visitors, over whether or not the Order should be continued for another three years, or removed.

You can view:

• the current Public Spaces Protection Order No 2 - vehicle-related anti-social behaviour  
• a  map of the PSPO area (PDF) [773KB] (opens new window)
• the full Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (opens new window)

We asked for initial public views on the development of a masterplan for Gorleston seafront last year (2021), receiving some 1,200 responses. Now the council is consulting on a draft document based on those responses and discussions with local leaders and organisations.

The council has launched an online survey asking for feedback on a series of proposed actions, covering topics including conservation, accessibility, wayfinding, and events.

This consultation closed at midnight on Sunday 18 September 2022.

See our dedicated Gorleston Seafront Masterplan page for further information.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council proposed amendments to its hackney carriage fares under the provisions of Section 65 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

Please see our What are the current taxi licence fees and hackney carriage fares? page for further details.

Objections had to be made in writing to the Licensing and Elections Manager by no later than 8 August 2022.