Low-noise fireworks will be encouraged across the Great Yarmouth borough area to reduce the impact of displays on animals and vulnerable people.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council's environment committee has decided at a meeting to take a number of actions to limit the use of excessively loud fireworks.
While councillors stopped short of banning such events, officers will encourage local suppliers to stock low-noise fireworks and ask organisers to advertise events in advance so residents can take precautions.
The council will also promote a public awareness campaign about the impact of such events.
The move comes after confirmation that weekly fireworks displays will be back in Great Yarmouth and Hemsby this summer.
A report prepared ahead of the meeting stated firework displays can have "an adverse effect on the welfare of vulnerable people and animals" and that there have been calls for banning their use.
Among those affected are children and adults on autistic spectrum, people with dementia, hearing conditions and PTSD, as well as people with respiratory conditions.
Fireworks can also cause fear and distress to animals.
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According to the report, several councils across the country have banned the use of loud fireworks on their own land or in any display they are involved in organising.
But the enforcement of such a ban would require "significant officer input and it would be very difficult to prove low noise fireworks are being used or not", the report added.
The current legislation around fireworks permits their use all year round before 11pm apart from on bonfire night where the curfew is midnight, New Year’s Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year where the curfew is 1am the following day.
Due to the availability of fireworks and lack of regulation around their use they are often used by the public all year round to mark celebrations with Great Yarmouth and Hemsby having multiple displays on the beach over the summer holiday season.
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